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Demographics

Birthplace

bl_birthplace n Percent
USA - mainland, Hawaii, Alaska 43 91.5
Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands 2 4.3
Other North America 1 2.1
Europe, incl. Eastern Russia 1 2.1

Education

bl_education n Percent
Middle School (Junior High School or less) 2 4.3
Some High School, no diploma 10 21.3
High School graduate/ GED or equivalent 19 40.4
Junior (2-year) College 3 6.4
Some college (4-year College or University) 9 19.1
College graduate (4-year College or University) 3 6.4
Post-College/ Graduate school 1 2.1

Monthly Income

bl_income n Percent
Less than $1,000 33 70.2
$1,000 - $2,500 7 14.9
$2501 - $5,000 4 8.5
$5,001 - $10,000 1 2.1
$10,001 - $25,000 2 4.3

Employment

bl_cemp n Percent
Working full-time on the books 1 2.1
Working part-time on the books 1 2.1
Unemployed, looking for work 17 36.2
Unemployed, not looking for work 16 34.0
Retired 2 4.3
Disabled, either permanently or temporarily 10 21.3

During the past 12 months, how often did you run out of money for basic necessities like rent, utilities or food?

bl_necess n Percent
Never 7 14.9
Daily 4 8.5
Weekly 4 8.5
Monthly 13 27.7
Occasionally 19 40.4

Food Insecurity

Food_Insecurity n Percent
FALSE 8 17
TRUE 39 83

Are you covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan?

bl_healthinsur_1 n Percent
No 4 8.5
Yes 43 91.5

What kind of health insurance or health care coverage do you have?

bl_healthinsur_2 n Percent
Medicaid managed care 11 25.6
Medicaid (for individuals with low incomes) 26 60.5
Medicare (for the elderly and people with disabilities) 3 7.0
Medi-gap 1 2.3
Other 2 4.7

Are you currently enrolled in the AIDS Drug Assistance Program, or ADAP?

bl_adap n Percent
No 43 91.5
Yes 3 6.4
Don’t Know 1 2.1

Do you receive services or benefits from the New York City HASA, the local HIV/AIDS Services Administration?

bl_hasa n Percent
No 8 17
Yes 39 83

What type of place do you currently live in?

bl_livingsit_1 n Percent
Have own home or apartment (rent or own, including HASA and Section 8) 22 46.8
Staying at home of family member(s) 3 6.4
In a rooming, boarding, or halfway house 9 19.1
Shelter 12 25.5
Other 1 2.1

Homelessness History

Homelessness_History n Percent
Currently Homeless 20 42.6
Homeless in Past Year, Not Currently 5 10.6
Homeless Lifetime, Not in Past Year 16 34.0
Never Homeless 6 12.8

What is your current relationship status?

bl_relstatus n Percent
Single 25 53.2
In a long-term relationship 9 19.1
In a registered domestic partnership 1 2.1
Married 5 10.6
Widowed 1 2.1
Divorced 1 2.1
Separated 1 2.1
Other 3 6.4
Refuse to Answer 1 2.1

Sexual Orientation

bl_sexor n Percent
Heterosexual/ Straight 27 57.4
Homosexual/ Gay/ Lesbian/ Queer/ Down-Low 15 31.9
Bisexual 4 8.5
Other 1 2.1

Do you consider yourself transgender or transsexual, even if you call it something different?

bl_tg n Percent
No 44 93.6
Yes 3 6.4

What is your immigration status?

bl_immstat n Percent
US citizen 45 95.7
Permanent resident/ green card 1 2.1
Undocumented 1 2.1

Incarceration History

Have you ever been held in a detention center, jail, or prison for more than 24 hours?

bl_jail_1 n Percent
No 17 36.2
Yes 29 61.7
Refuse to Answer 1 2.1

Over you whole life, how many different times have you been held in a detention center, jail, or prison for more than 24 hours?

bl_jail_2 n Percent
0 1 3.4
2 3 10.3
3 4 13.8
4 2 6.9
7 1 3.4
10 2 6.9
12 1 3.4
13 1 3.4
15 2 6.9
20 3 10.3
30 1 3.4
39 1 3.4
40 1 3.4
47 1 3.4
55 1 3.4
999 4 13.8

During the past 6 months, have you been held in a detention center, jail, or prison, for more than 24 hours?

bl_jail_3 n Percent
No 24 82.8
Yes 4 13.8
Don’t Know 1 3.4

HIV and ART History

How old were you when you got your first HIV-positive test result?

n Mean sd Median IQR Min Max
46 29 9 29 10 1 48

Where were you first told that you have HIV infection?

hiv_art_hist_q2 n Percent
In an outpatient clinic 13 27.7
In jail/prison 9 19.1
In a hospital, as an inpatient 7 14.9
In a community-based program (community VCT program, mobile unit, health fair, etc.) 6 12.8
Other 5 10.6
In a drug treatment program 3 6.4
As part of a research study 2 4.3
In an ER (emergency room) 1 2.1
During a pregnancy 1 2.1

Think about when you were first told you were HIV-positive. Some people find it more difficult than others to accept that information. To what extent did you accept or believe that you were actually HIV-positive when you were first told?

hiv_art_hist_q3 n Percent
Not at all 19 40.4
A little bit 4 8.5
Somewhat 3 6.4
Quite a bit 5 10.6
A great deal 16 34.0

Thinking about today, to what extent do you believe or accept that you are living with HIV?

hiv_art_hist_q4 n Percent
Not at all 3 6.4
Somewhat 7 14.9
Quite a bit 4 8.5
A great deal 33 70.2

Think about when you were first told you were HIV-positive. How long was it until you first got medical care for HIV, by which we mean you received more HIV testing, more blood testing, or an examination?

hiv_art_hist_q5 n Percent
Less than 1 month 16 34.0
Between 1 month but less than 6 months 8 17.0
Between 6 months and 12 months 3 6.4
Between 12 months (1 year) and 36 months (3 years) 10 21.3
More than 3 years 8 17.0
Never went to health care for HIV infection 1 2.1
Don’t Know 1 2.1

Think about your first health care visit where you talked to a health care provider about HIV. Do you recall your CD4 or T cell count the first time it was tested?

hiv_art_hist_q6 n Percent
No 24 51.1
Yes 18 38.3
Don’t Know 5 10.6

If you do recall your CD4 or T cell count the first time it was tested, please type in the number

n Mean sd Median IQR Min Max
18 495 419 372 336 106 1500

How many years ago was that first CD4 or T cell test done?

n Mean sd Median IQR Min Max
40 16.64 8.2 17.49 11.38 0.57 32.22

What was your viral load count the first time it was tested?

hiv_art_hist_q8 n Percent
50 - 10,000 copies/mL 3 6.4
10,001 - 30,000 copies/mL 3 6.4
30,001 - 100,000 copies/mL 5 10.6
100,001 - 500,000 copies/mL 5 10.6
More than 500,000 copies/mL 2 4.3
Don’t Know 29 61.7

How many years ago was the first viral load test done?

n Mean sd Median IQR Min Max
40 15.5 8.36 16.79 11.92 0.57 32.22

Of all your CD4 or T cells tests, what was your lowest count?

n Mean sd Median IQR Min Max
37 240 283 150 210 0 1500

When was that (lowest count) told to you? Just tell us the year.

n Mean sd Median IQR Min Max
35 2008 8 2010 14 1990 2017

Since you have been diagnosed with HIV, what is the longest amount of time you have gone without seeing a health care provider about your HIV infection? Tell us the number of months.

n Mean sd Median IQR Min Max
47 17 28 9 7 0 156

In the past year, have you received health care for your HIV infection?

hiv_art_hist_q13 n Percent
No 6 12.8
Yes 41 87.2

In what type of place did you receive most of your HIV care in the past year?

hiv_art_hist_q14 n Percent
Community-based clinic 22 53.7
Clinic located in a hospital 15 36.6
Private doctor’s office 3 7.3
Other 1 2.4

If Other, please specify:

hiv_art_hist_q14_1 n
Jail 1

What is the name of this place?

hiv_art_hist_q15 n
Brighpoint 6
Housing Works 4
Mount Sinai 4
New York Presbyterian 3
Peter Krueger 3
St. Mary’s 3
Bronx Lebanon 2
ACQC 1
Almeds 1
Bellevue Hospital 1
Callen Lorde 1
Damien Family Health Center 1
Heritage Health 1
HP6 1
Jail 1
Montefiore Oval Center 1
Morris Heights 1
OD Mec 1
Primary Medical Care 1
Sunnybrook Infectious Clinic, North Carolina 1
Sunrise Medical Group 1
VA MC 1
Woodhull Hospital 1

In the past year, have you received care from a health care provider who specializes in treating HIV?

hiv_art_hist_q16 n Percent
No 2 4.9
Yes 39 95.1

Is there one particular doctor, nurse or other medical provider who you usually see for most of your HIV treatment, like CD4 and viral load tests?

hiv_art_hist_q17 n Percent
No 3 7.3
Yes 38 92.7

Think about your most recent HIV health care appointment. What was your CD4 or T cell count the last time you received it? Please type the number.

n Mean sd Median IQR Min Max
19 511 380 384 442 146 1650

When was your last CD4 or T cell count taken?

hiv_art_hist_q19 n Percent
Less than 1 month ago 9 22.0
Between 1 month but less than 6 months ago 24 58.5
Between 6 months and 12 months ago 5 12.2
More than 12 months ago 1 2.4
Don’t Know 2 4.9

What was your viral load count the last time you received it?

hiv_art_hist_q20 n Percent
Undetectable 9 22.0
50 - 10,000 copies/mL 10 24.4
10,001 - 30,000 copies/mL 3 7.3
30,001 - 100,000 copies/mL 2 4.9
More than 500,000 copies/mL 1 2.4
Don’t Know 16 39.0

When was your last viral load taken?

hiv_art_hist_q21 n Percent
Less than 1 month ago 9 22.0
Between 1 month but less than 6 months ago 24 58.5
Between 6 months and 12 months ago 6 14.6
More than 12 months ago 1 2.4
Don’t Know 1 2.4

In the past year, have you been hospitalized as a result of HIV infection or the consequences of HIV?

hiv_art_hist_q22 n Percent
No 36 76.6
Yes 10 21.3
Don’t Know 1 2.1

In the past year, have you been to an ER (emergency room) as a result of HIV infection or the consequences of HIV?

hiv_art_hist_q23 n Percent
No 36 76.6
Yes 10 21.3
Don’t Know 1 2.1

How many different health care providers have you seen for your physical health in the past year, other than the provider who treats your HIV infection?

hiv_art_hist_q24 n Percent
0 17 37.8
1 15 33.3
2 7 15.6
3 2 4.4
4 4 8.9

How many different health care providers have you seen for your mental health in the past year, other than the provider who treats your HIV infection?

hiv_art_hist_q25 n Percent
0 19 42.2
1 18 40.0
2 6 13.3
3 2 4.4

Not including any medications for HIV infection, how many different medications do you take (not including herbal supplements)?

hiv_art_hist_q26 n Percent
0 13 28.3
1 6 13.0
2 8 17.4
3 4 8.7
4 4 8.7
5 3 6.5
6 4 8.7
7 1 2.2
8 1 2.2
20 1 2.2
22 1 2.2

Please look through the HIV medications chart. Have you ever in your life taken HIV medications such as AZT, a protease inhibitor, or any other drugs such as those listed on this card?

hiv_art_hist_q27 n Percent
No 2 4.3
Yes 45 95.7

When did you first take any of these HIV medications? Please tell us the year.

n Mean sd Median IQR Min Max
41 2005 8 2005 13 1985 2016

This very first time you went on HIV medications; how long did you keep taking them before either stopping it or having to switch to another regimen? (Choose one)

hiv_art_hist_q29 n Percent
Less than 1 month 6 13.3
Between 1 month but less than 6 months 13 28.9
Between 6 months and 12 months 11 24.4
More than 12 months 12 26.7
Don’t Know 3 6.7

People sometimes start HIV medication, then stop and take a break, and then try again. How many different times have you started to take HIV medication, whether you took it for a long time period or a short time? Please type the number.

n Mean sd Median IQR Min Max
44 18 36 5 10 1 180

What is the longest amount of time you took a regimen of HIV medication? (Provide answer in months. Enter 0 if less than 1 month.)

n Mean sd Median IQR Min Max
45 27 47 12 26 1 264

Number of months since you took a dose of HIV medication?

n Mean sd Median IQR Min Max
43 4.6 9.12 2.61 4.47 0.1 60

As far as you know, does your health care provider think it would be a good idea for you to start HIV medication at this time?

hiv_art_hist_q33 n Percent
Yes 46 97.9
Don’t Know 1 2.1

Reasons for stopping or discontinuing HIV medication (n=45)

Reason Count Percent
You did not want side effects of the drugs. 26 57.8
You were on too many medications. 16 35.6
You do not want anyone to find out that you are HIV positive. 13 28.9
You switched to other drugs. 13 28.9
You changed doctors or clinics. 12 26.7
You decided to stop because your CD4 and viral load numbers have been good. 11 24.4
The drug(s) initially worked, but then stopped working. 8 17.8
The drug(s) did not work. 7 15.6
You prefer alternative treatments. 7 15.6
Doctor told you to stop. 6 13.3
Could not afford the drug. 4 8.9
You believe you have been cured of HIV. 3 6.7
Your partner or friends suggested you stop taking them. 3 6.7

Reasons for never taking HIV medication (n=2)

Reason Count Percent
You are waiting until your CD4 or viral load numbers get worse to take the medications. 1 50
You are worried about becoming resistant to the medications. 1 50
You did not want the side effects. 1 50
You prefer alternative treatments. 1 50
Your doctor never offered them to you. 1 50
You are not receiving medical care. 0 0
You could not afford the medications. 0 0
You do not think the medications work. 0 0
You do not want anyone to find your pills and figure out that you are HIV-positive. 0 0
You were concerned about toxicity. 0 0
Your family/friends discouraged you from taking them. 0 0

HIV Medication Adherence

Visual Analog Scale

Have you been prescribed to take HIV medications within the last 30 days?

vas_q1 n Percent
No 13 27.7
Yes 32 68.1
NA 2 4.3

How much medication have you taken in the last 3-4 weeks? (0-100%)

n Mean sd Median IQR Min Max
32 24.4 34.8 3.5 31.5 0 100

Case-Adherence Index

  • Mannheimer, S. B., Mukherjee, R., Hirschhorn, L. R., Dougherty, J., Celano, S. A., Ciccarone, D., … & Botsko, M. (2006). The CASE adherence index: A novel method for measuring adherence to antiretroviral therapy. AIDS care, 18(7), 853-861.

How often do you feel that you have difficulty taking your HIV medications on time? By ‘on time’ we mean no more than two hours before or two hours after the time your doctor told you to take it.

case_adh_q1 n Percent
Never 2 11.8
Rarely 3 17.6
Most of the time 9 52.9
All of the time 3 17.6

On average, how many days per week would you say that you missed at least one dose of your HIV medications?

case_adh_q2 n Percent
Everyday 2 11.8
4-6 days/week 4 23.5
2-3 days/week 7 41.2
Once a week 3 17.6
Never 1 5.9

When was the last time you missed at least one dose of your HIV medications?

case_adh_q3 n Percent
Within the past week 13 76.5
1-2 weeks ago 1 5.9
Between 1 and 3 months ago 1 5.9
More than 3 months ago 2 11.8

Score (3-16)

n Mean sd Median IQR Min Max
17 6.82 2.01 6 1 4 13

Good or Poor Adherence

Good_Poor_Adherence n Percent
Good Adherence 1 5.9
Poor Adherence 16 94.1

Coefficient Alpha

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  raw_alpha std.alpha G6(smc) average_r   S/N  ase mean   sd
     -0.14     -0.29  -0.099    -0.082 -0.23 0.43  2.3 0.67

 lower alpha upper     95% confidence boundaries
-0.98 -0.14 0.7 

 Reliability if an item is dropped:
            raw_alpha std.alpha G6(smc) average_r   S/N alpha se
case_adh_q1      0.27      0.27   0.156     0.156  0.37     0.35
case_adh_q2     -0.17     -0.19  -0.087    -0.087 -0.16     0.51
case_adh_q3     -0.86     -0.91  -0.314    -0.314 -0.48     0.86

 Item statistics 
             n raw.r std.r r.cor r.drop mean  sd
case_adh_q1 17  0.20  0.38   NaN -0.250  2.2 0.9
case_adh_q2 17  0.58  0.53   NaN -0.035  2.9 1.2
case_adh_q3 17  0.78  0.67   NaN  0.088  1.7 1.4

Non missing response frequency for each item
               1    2    3    4    5    6 miss
case_adh_q1 0.18 0.53 0.18 0.12 0.00 0.00    0
case_adh_q2 0.12 0.24 0.41 0.18 0.00 0.06    0
case_adh_q3 0.76 0.06 0.00 0.06 0.12 0.00    0

Co-Occurring Health Conditions

Ever Told

Condition Count Percent
Depression 29 61.7
Anxiety 26 55.3
Asthma 22 46.8
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) 16 34.0
Any other health condition 13 27.7
High blood pressure 13 27.7
Bipolar disorder 10 21.3
Arthritis 8 17.0
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) 8 17.0
Obesity 8 17.0
Cancer 7 14.9
Schizophrenia 6 12.8
Diabetes (without complications) 4 8.5
Heart attack 3 6.4
Chronic Pulmonary disease 2 4.3
Heart disease 2 4.3
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) 1 2.1
Other Kidney/Renal disease 1 2.1
Dementia 0 0.0
Diabetes (with Organ Damage) 0 0.0
Gastric Ulcer 0 0.0

Treated for the Condition in the Past Year

Condition n Count Treated Past Year Percent Treated Past Year
Depression 29 17 58.6
Anxiety 26 16 61.5
Asthma 22 21 95.5
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) 16 10 62.5
Any other health condition 13 10 76.9
High blood pressure 13 10 76.9
Bipolar disorder 10 7 70.0
Arthritis 8 6 75.0
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) 8 3 37.5
Obesity 8 1 12.5
Cancer 7 4 57.1
Schizophrenia 6 3 50.0
Diabetes (without complications) 4 3 75.0
Heart attack 3 3 100.0
Chronic Pulmonary disease 2 2 100.0
Heart disease 2 1 50.0
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) 1 0 0.0
Other Kidney/Renal disease 1 0 0.0
Dementia 0 0 NaN
Diabetes (with Organ Damage) 0 0 NaN
Gastric Ulcer 0 0 NaN

Motivation/Readiness/Stage of Change (1-10)

On a scale of 1-10, how important is it to you today to start taking HIV medication, where 1 is not important at all, and 10 is extremely important?

n Mean sd Median IQR Min Max
47 8.08 2.47 9.73 3.51 1 10

On a scale of 1-10, how confident are you that you could take HIV medication- every day, as prescribed- if you started today, where 1 is not at all confident and 10 is extremely confident?

n Mean sd Median IQR Min Max
47 6.95 2.67 7.48 4.19 1 10

On a scale of 1-10, how important is it to you today to attend your HIV medical care appointments, as recommended, where 1 is not important at all, and 10 is extremely important?

n Mean sd Median IQR Min Max
47 8.51 1.87 9.55 2.75 2.62 10

On a scale of 1-10, how confident are you that you could attend your HIV medical care appointments, as recommended, where 1 is not at all confident and 10 is extremely confident?

n Mean sd Median IQR Min Max
47 7.89 2.08 8.29 3.69 3.52 10

WHO Assist

Ever Used

Substance Count Percent
a. Tobacco products 44 93.6
b. Alcoholic beverages 43 91.5
c. Cannabis 37 78.7
d. Cocaine 34 72.3
e. Prescription stimulants 5 10.6
f. Methamphetamine 12 25.5
g. Inhalants 8 17.0
h. Sedatives or sleeping pills 10 21.3
i. Hallucinogens 14 29.8
j. Prescription Opioids 13 27.7
k. Street opioids 11 23.4
l. Other 2 4.3

Has a friend or relative or anyone else ever expressed concern about your use

Tobacco products (cigarettes, chewing tobacco, cigars, etc.)

who_assist_q1_ever_a n Percent
No, never 24 54.5
Yes, but not in the past 3 months 7 15.9
Yes, in the past 3 months 13 29.5

Alcoholic beverages (beer, wine, spirits, etc.)

who_assist_q1_ever_b n Percent
No, never 27 62.8
Yes, but not in the past 3 months 5 11.6
Yes, in the past 3 months 11 25.6

Cannabis (marijuana, pot, grass, hash, etc.)

who_assist_q1_ever_c n Percent
No, never 23 62.2
Yes, but not in the past 3 months 9 24.3
Yes, in the past 3 months 5 13.5

Cocaine (coke, crack, etc.)

who_assist_q1_ever_d n Percent
No, never 13 38.2
Yes, but not in the past 3 months 9 26.5
Yes, in the past 3 months 12 35.3

Prescription stimulants (Ritalin, Concerta, Dexedrine, Adderall, diet pills, etc.)

who_assist_q1_ever_e n Percent
No, never 3 60
Yes, but not in the past 3 months 2 40

Methamphetamine (speed, crystal meth, ice, etc.)

who_assist_q1_ever_f n Percent
No, never 8 66.7
Yes, but not in the past 3 months 3 25.0
Yes, in the past 3 months 1 8.3

Inhalants (poppers, nitrous, glue, gas, paint thinner, etc.)

who_assist_q1_ever_g n Percent
No, never 8 100

Sedatives or sleeping pills (Valium, Ativan, Xanax, Klonopin, Librium, Rohypnol, GHB, etc.)

who_assist_q1_ever_h n Percent
No, never 8 80
Yes, but not in the past 3 months 1 10
Yes, in the past 3 months 1 10

Hallucinogens (Ecstasy, LSD, acid, mushrooms, PCP, Special K, etc.)

who_assist_q1_ever_i n Percent
No, never 13 92.9
Yes, but not in the past 3 months 1 7.1

Prescription Opioids

who_assist_q1_ever_j n Percent
No, never 12 92.3
Yes, but not in the past 3 months 1 7.7

Street opioids (heroin, opium, etc.)

who_assist_q1_ever_k n Percent
No, never 5 45.5
Yes, but not in the past 3 months 2 18.2
Yes, in the past 3 months 4 36.4

Other

who_assist_q1_ever_l n Percent
No, never 1 50
Yes, but not in the past 3 months 1 50

Have you tried to cut down

Tobacco products (cigarettes, chewing tobacco, cigars, etc.)

who_assist_q2_ever_a n Percent
No, never 9 20.5
Yes, but not in the past 3 months 18 40.9
Yes, in the past 3 months 17 38.6

Alcoholic beverages (beer, wine, spirits, etc.)

who_assist_q2_ever_b n Percent
No, never 17 39.5
Yes, but not in the past 3 months 7 16.3
Yes, in the past 3 months 19 44.2

Cannabis (marijuana, pot, grass, hash, etc.)

who_assist_q2_ever_c n Percent
No, never 17 45.9
Yes, but not in the past 3 months 9 24.3
Yes, in the past 3 months 11 29.7

Cocaine (coke, crack, etc.)

who_assist_q2_ever_d n Percent
No, never 8 23.5
Yes, but not in the past 3 months 6 17.6
Yes, in the past 3 months 20 58.8

Prescription stimulants (Ritalin, Concerta, Dexedrine, Adderall, diet pills, etc.)

who_assist_q2_ever_e n Percent
No, never 3 60
Yes, but not in the past 3 months 1 20
Yes, in the past 3 months 1 20

Methamphetamine (speed, crystal meth, ice, etc.)

who_assist_q2_ever_f n Percent
No, never 3 25.0
Yes, but not in the past 3 months 5 41.7
Yes, in the past 3 months 4 33.3

Inhalants (poppers, nitrous, glue, gas, paint thinner, etc.)

who_assist_q2_ever_g n Percent
No, never 4 50
Yes, but not in the past 3 months 2 25
Yes, in the past 3 months 2 25

Sedatives or sleeping pills (Valium, Ativan, Xanax, Klonopin, Librium, Rohypnol, GHB, etc.)

who_assist_q2_ever_h n Percent
No, never 6 60
Yes, but not in the past 3 months 2 20
Yes, in the past 3 months 2 20

Hallucinogens (Ecstasy, LSD, acid, mushrooms, PCP, Special K, etc.)

who_assist_q2_ever_i n Percent
No, never 8 57.1
Yes, but not in the past 3 months 3 21.4
Yes, in the past 3 months 3 21.4

Prescription Opioids

who_assist_q2_ever_j n Percent
No, never 8 61.5
Yes, but not in the past 3 months 1 7.7
Yes, in the past 3 months 4 30.8

Street opioids (heroin, opium, etc.)

who_assist_q2_ever_k n Percent
No, never 4 36.4
Yes, but not in the past 3 months 2 18.2
Yes, in the past 3 months 5 45.5

Other

who_assist_q2_ever_l n Percent
Yes, but not in the past 3 months 1 50
Yes, in the past 3 months 1 50

Any Use Past Three Months

Tobacco products (cigarettes, chewing tobacco, cigars, etc.)

who_assist_q1_p3mth_a n Percent
Never: not used in the last 3 months 5 11.4
Once or Twice: 1 to 2 times in the past 3 months 2 4.5
Monthly: Average of 1 to 3 times per month over the last 3 months 2 4.5
Weekly: 1 to 4 times per week 2 4.5
Daily or almost daily: 5 to 7 days per week 33 75.0

Alcoholic beverages (beer, wine, spirits, etc.)

who_assist_q1_p3mth_b n Percent
Never: not used in the last 3 months 9 20.9
Once or Twice: 1 to 2 times in the past 3 months 8 18.6
Monthly: Average of 1 to 3 times per month over the last 3 months 9 20.9
Weekly: 1 to 4 times per week 9 20.9
Daily or almost daily: 5 to 7 days per week 8 18.6

Cannabis (marijuana, pot, grass, hash, etc.)

who_assist_q1_p3mth_c n Percent
Never: not used in the last 3 months 9 24.3
Once or Twice: 1 to 2 times in the past 3 months 8 21.6
Monthly: Average of 1 to 3 times per month over the last 3 months 6 16.2
Weekly: 1 to 4 times per week 4 10.8
Daily or almost daily: 5 to 7 days per week 10 27.0

Cocaine (coke, crack, etc.)

who_assist_q1_p3mth_d n Percent
Never: not used in the last 3 months 8 23.5
Once or Twice: 1 to 2 times in the past 3 months 9 26.5
Monthly: Average of 1 to 3 times per month over the last 3 months 6 17.6
Weekly: 1 to 4 times per week 6 17.6
Daily or almost daily: 5 to 7 days per week 5 14.7

Prescription stimulants (Ritalin, Concerta, Dexedrine, Adderall, diet pills, etc.)

who_assist_q1_p3mth_e n Percent
Never: not used in the last 3 months 3 60
Once or Twice: 1 to 2 times in the past 3 months 2 40

Methamphetamine (speed, crystal meth, ice, etc.)

who_assist_q1_p3mth_f n Percent
Never: not used in the last 3 months 5 41.7
Once or Twice: 1 to 2 times in the past 3 months 5 41.7
Weekly: 1 to 4 times per week 1 8.3
Daily or almost daily: 5 to 7 days per week 1 8.3

Inhalants (poppers, nitrous, glue, gas, paint thinner, etc.)

who_assist_q1_p3mth_g n Percent
Never: not used in the last 3 months 4 50.0
Once or Twice: 1 to 2 times in the past 3 months 1 12.5
Monthly: Average of 1 to 3 times per month over the last 3 months 2 25.0
Weekly: 1 to 4 times per week 1 12.5

Sedatives or sleeping pills (Valium, Ativan, Xanax, Klonopin, Librium, Rohypnol, GHB, etc.)

who_assist_q1_p3mth_h n Percent
Never: not used in the last 3 months 5 50
Once or Twice: 1 to 2 times in the past 3 months 5 50

Hallucinogens (Ecstasy, LSD, acid, mushrooms, PCP, Special K, etc.)

who_assist_q1_p3mth_i n Percent
Never: not used in the last 3 months 12 85.7
Once or Twice: 1 to 2 times in the past 3 months 2 14.3

Prescription Opioids

who_assist_q1_p3mth_j n Percent
Never: not used in the last 3 months 5 38.5
Once or Twice: 1 to 2 times in the past 3 months 4 30.8
Monthly: Average of 1 to 3 times per month over the last 3 months 1 7.7
Weekly: 1 to 4 times per week 2 15.4
Daily or almost daily: 5 to 7 days per week 1 7.7

Street opioids (heroin, opium, etc.)

who_assist_q1_p3mth_k n Percent
Never: not used in the last 3 months 5 45.5
Once or Twice: 1 to 2 times in the past 3 months 1 9.1
Monthly: Average of 1 to 3 times per month over the last 3 months 1 9.1
Daily or almost daily: 5 to 7 days per week 4 36.4

Other

who_assist_q1_p3mth_l n Percent
Never: not used in the last 3 months 1 50
Weekly: 1 to 4 times per week 1 50

Strong Desire of Urge to Use Past Three Months

Tobacco products (cigarettes, chewing tobacco, cigars, etc.)

who_assist_q2_p3mth_a n Percent
Never 2 5.1
Once or Twice: 1 to 2 times in the past 3 months 1 2.6
Monthly: Average of 1 to 3 times per month over the last 3 months 1 2.6
Weekly: 1 to 4 times per week 5 12.8
Daily or almost daily: 5 to 7 days per week 30 76.9

Alcoholic beverages (beer, wine, spirits, etc.)

who_assist_q2_p3mth_b n Percent
Never 10 29.4
Once or Twice: 1 to 2 times in the past 3 months 9 26.5
Monthly: Average of 1 to 3 times per month over the last 3 months 2 5.9
Weekly: 1 to 4 times per week 5 14.7
Daily or almost daily: 5 to 7 days per week 8 23.5

Cannabis (marijuana, pot, grass, hash, etc.)

who_assist_q2_p3mth_c n Percent
Never 8 28.6
Once or Twice: 1 to 2 times in the past 3 months 5 17.9
Monthly: Average of 1 to 3 times per month over the last 3 months 3 10.7
Weekly: 1 to 4 times per week 3 10.7
Daily or almost daily: 5 to 7 days per week 9 32.1

Cocaine (coke, crack, etc.)

who_assist_q2_p3mth_d n Percent
Never 2 7.7
Once or Twice: 1 to 2 times in the past 3 months 7 26.9
Monthly: Average of 1 to 3 times per month over the last 3 months 5 19.2
Weekly: 1 to 4 times per week 4 15.4
Daily or almost daily: 5 to 7 days per week 8 30.8

Prescription stimulants (Ritalin, Concerta, Dexedrine, Adderall, diet pills, etc.)

who_assist_q2_p3mth_e n Percent
Never 1 50
Once or Twice: 1 to 2 times in the past 3 months 1 50

Methamphetamine (speed, crystal meth, ice, etc.)

who_assist_q2_p3mth_f n Percent
Never 1 14.3
Once or Twice: 1 to 2 times in the past 3 months 4 57.1
Weekly: 1 to 4 times per week 1 14.3
Daily or almost daily: 5 to 7 days per week 1 14.3

Inhalants (poppers, nitrous, glue, gas, paint thinner, etc.)

who_assist_q2_p3mth_g n Percent
Never 2 50
Once or Twice: 1 to 2 times in the past 3 months 1 25
Weekly: 1 to 4 times per week 1 25

Sedatives or sleeping pills (Valium, Ativan, Xanax, Klonopin, Librium, Rohypnol, GHB, etc.)

who_assist_q2_p3mth_h n Percent
Never 1 20
Once or Twice: 1 to 2 times in the past 3 months 3 60
Monthly: Average of 1 to 3 times per month over the last 3 months 1 20

Hallucinogens (Ecstasy, LSD, acid, mushrooms, PCP, Special K, etc.)

who_assist_q2_p3mth_i n Percent
Never 1 50
Once or Twice: 1 to 2 times in the past 3 months 1 50

Prescription Opioids

who_assist_q2_p3mth_j n Percent
Never 4 50
Once or Twice: 1 to 2 times in the past 3 months 2 25
Daily or almost daily: 5 to 7 days per week 2 25

Street opioids (heroin, opium, etc.)

who_assist_q2_p3mth_k n Percent
Never 1 16.7
Monthly: Average of 1 to 3 times per month over the last 3 months 1 16.7
Daily or almost daily: 5 to 7 days per week 4 66.7

Other

who_assist_q2_p3mth_l n Percent
Weekly: 1 to 4 times per week 1 100

Failed to do what was normally expected of you past three months

Tobacco products (cigarettes, chewing tobacco, cigars, etc.)

who_assist_q4_p3mth_a n Percent
Never 32 82.1
Once or Twice: 1 to 2 times in the past 3 months 1 2.6
Weekly: 1 to 4 times per week 1 2.6
Daily or almost daily: 5 to 7 days per week 5 12.8

Alcoholic beverages (beer, wine, spirits, etc.)

who_assist_q4_p3mth_b n Percent
Never 20 58.8
Once or Twice: 1 to 2 times in the past 3 months 3 8.8
Monthly: Average of 1 to 3 times per month over the last 3 months 6 17.6
Weekly: 1 to 4 times per week 2 5.9
Daily or almost daily: 5 to 7 days per week 3 8.8

Cannabis (marijuana, pot, grass, hash, etc.)

who_assist_q4_p3mth_c n Percent
Never 20 71.4
Once or Twice: 1 to 2 times in the past 3 months 2 7.1
Weekly: 1 to 4 times per week 2 7.1
Daily or almost daily: 5 to 7 days per week 4 14.3

Cocaine (coke, crack, etc.)

who_assist_q4_p3mth_d n Percent
Never 9 34.6
Once or Twice: 1 to 2 times in the past 3 months 6 23.1
Monthly: Average of 1 to 3 times per month over the last 3 months 5 19.2
Weekly: 1 to 4 times per week 2 7.7
Daily or almost daily: 5 to 7 days per week 4 15.4

Prescription stimulants (Ritalin, Concerta, Dexedrine, Adderall, diet pills, etc.)

who_assist_q4_p3mth_e n Percent
Never 2 100

Methamphetamine (speed, crystal meth, ice, etc.)

who_assist_q4_p3mth_f n Percent
Never 3 42.9
Once or Twice: 1 to 2 times in the past 3 months 2 28.6
Monthly: Average of 1 to 3 times per month over the last 3 months 1 14.3
Weekly: 1 to 4 times per week 1 14.3

Inhalants (poppers, nitrous, glue, gas, paint thinner, etc.)

who_assist_q4_p3mth_g n Percent
Never 4 100

Sedatives or sleeping pills (Valium, Ativan, Xanax, Klonopin, Librium, Rohypnol, GHB, etc.)

who_assist_q4_p3mth_h n Percent
Never 4 80
Once or Twice: 1 to 2 times in the past 3 months 1 20

Hallucinogens (Ecstasy, LSD, acid, mushrooms, PCP, Special K, etc.)

who_assist_q4_p3mth_i n Percent
Never 2 100

Prescription Opioids

who_assist_q4_p3mth_j n Percent
Never 6 75
Monthly: Average of 1 to 3 times per month over the last 3 months 2 25

Street opioids (heroin, opium, etc.)

who_assist_q4_p3mth_k n Percent
Never 1 16.7
Once or Twice: 1 to 2 times in the past 3 months 1 16.7
Monthly: Average of 1 to 3 times per month over the last 3 months 2 33.3
Daily or almost daily: 5 to 7 days per week 2 33.3

Other

who_assist_q4_p3mth_l n Percent
Monthly: Average of 1 to 3 times per month over the last 3 months 1 100

Risk Scores and Categories

Scores

Substance n Mean sd Median IQR Min Max
Tobacco products 47 16.66 9.43 18 11.5 0 31
Alcoholic beverages 47 13.04 12.10 9 18.0 0 39
Cannabis 47 10.06 11.11 7 16.0 0 39
Cocaine 47 13.62 13.64 8 24.5 0 39
Prescription stimulants 47 0.55 2.35 0 0.0 0 14
Methamphetamine 47 3.02 7.55 0 0.0 0 33
Inhalants 47 0.81 2.07 0 0.0 0 8
Sedatives 47 1.51 4.19 0 0.0 0 21
Hallucinogens 47 0.87 2.63 0 0.0 0 15
Prescription Opioids 47 1.98 4.78 0 0.0 0 21
Street Opioids 47 3.57 9.06 0 0.0 0 35
Other Drugs 47 0.55 3.03 0 0.0 0 20

Categories

Substance Lower Risk Lower Risk % Moderate Risk Moderate Risk % High Risk High Risk % Total N
Tobacco products 7 14.9 32 68.1 8 17.0 47
Alcoholic beverages 25 53.2 13 27.7 9 19.1 47
Cannabis 20 42.6 21 44.7 6 12.8 47
Cocaine 17 36.2 20 42.6 10 21.3 47
Prescription stimulants 44 93.6 3 6.4 0 0.0 47
Methamphetamine 39 83.0 6 12.8 2 4.3 47
Inhalants 42 89.4 5 10.6 0 0.0 47
Sedatives 41 87.2 6 12.8 0 0.0 47
Hallucinogens 43 91.5 4 8.5 0 0.0 47
Prescription Opioids 38 80.9 9 19.1 0 0.0 47
Street Opioids 39 83.0 5 10.6 3 6.4 47
Other Drugs 45 95.7 2 4.3 0 0.0 47

Injection Drug Use

who_assist_ever_idu n Percent
No, never 37 78.7
Yes, but not in the past 3 months 7 14.9
Yes, in the past 3 months 3 6.4

Lifetime Substance Use Treatment

Any Lifetime Substance Use Treatment

Count Percent Total N
36 76.6 47

Specific Types

Type Count Percent Total N
detoxification for drugs? 28 59.6 47
residential drug treatment? 27 57.4 47
12 step or self-help meetings like AA or NA? 26 55.3 47
outpatient drug treatment, such as meeting with a counselor in a clinic? 26 55.3 47
detoxification for alcohol? 17 36.2 47
residential alcohol treatment? 17 36.2 47
outpatient alcohol treatment, such as meeting with a counselor in a clinic? 16 34.0 47
A methadone maintenance treatment program? 8 17.0 47
Buprenorphine (also called Suboxone) as prescribed by a health-care provider? 2 4.3 47
Naltrexone as prescribed by a health-care provider? 0 0.0 47

Social Support (13-65)

n Mean sd Median IQR Min Max
47 40.25 15.53 40.08 25.04 13 65

Coefficient Alpha


Reliability analysis   
Call: psych::alpha(x = .)

  raw_alpha std.alpha G6(smc) average_r S/N   ase mean  sd
      0.95      0.95    0.98      0.59  19 0.011  3.1 1.2

 lower alpha upper     95% confidence boundaries
0.93 0.95 0.97 

 Reliability if an item is dropped:
             raw_alpha std.alpha G6(smc) average_r S/N alpha se
mos_supp_q1       0.95      0.95    0.97      0.60  18    0.012
mos_supp_q11      0.94      0.94    0.97      0.58  17    0.013
mos_supp_q12      0.94      0.94    0.97      0.59  17    0.013
mos_supp_q13      0.94      0.94    0.97      0.58  17    0.013
mos_supp_q14      0.94      0.95    0.97      0.59  17    0.012
mos_supp_q15      0.95      0.95    0.97      0.59  17    0.012
mos_supp_q2       0.95      0.95    0.97      0.60  18    0.012
mos_supp_q3       0.95      0.95    0.98      0.61  19    0.011
mos_supp_q4       0.94      0.94    0.97      0.59  17    0.013
mos_supp_q6       0.95      0.95    0.97      0.60  18    0.012
mos_supp_q7       0.94      0.94    0.97      0.58  16    0.013
mos_supp_q8       0.95      0.95    0.97      0.60  18    0.012
mos_supp_q9       0.94      0.95    0.97      0.59  17    0.013

 Item statistics 
              n raw.r std.r r.cor r.drop mean  sd
mos_supp_q1  42  0.76  0.76  0.76   0.72  2.7 1.6
mos_supp_q11 46  0.87  0.87  0.86   0.84  3.0 1.5
mos_supp_q12 45  0.82  0.82  0.81   0.78  3.1 1.5
mos_supp_q13 45  0.85  0.84  0.83   0.80  2.9 1.6
mos_supp_q14 47  0.80  0.80  0.80   0.76  3.0 1.5
mos_supp_q15 47  0.77  0.79  0.77   0.74  3.1 1.4
mos_supp_q2  44  0.73  0.72  0.71   0.68  2.8 1.6
mos_supp_q3  42  0.69  0.68  0.66   0.63  2.9 1.7
mos_supp_q4  43  0.82  0.82  0.82   0.79  2.8 1.5
mos_supp_q6  47  0.73  0.74  0.72   0.69  3.7 1.4
mos_supp_q7  46  0.87  0.88  0.88   0.84  3.3 1.4
mos_supp_q8  47  0.75  0.75  0.73   0.69  3.3 1.4
mos_supp_q9  46  0.81  0.81  0.80   0.77  3.3 1.5

Non missing response frequency for each item
                1    2    3    4    5 miss
mos_supp_q1  0.40 0.10 0.12 0.19 0.19 0.11
mos_supp_q11 0.22 0.13 0.30 0.11 0.24 0.02
mos_supp_q12 0.22 0.18 0.18 0.13 0.29 0.04
mos_supp_q13 0.33 0.09 0.20 0.13 0.24 0.04
mos_supp_q14 0.26 0.09 0.23 0.23 0.19 0.00
mos_supp_q15 0.21 0.09 0.28 0.21 0.21 0.00
mos_supp_q2  0.36 0.07 0.14 0.25 0.18 0.06
mos_supp_q3  0.36 0.10 0.14 0.14 0.26 0.11
mos_supp_q4  0.33 0.12 0.16 0.21 0.19 0.09
mos_supp_q6  0.15 0.02 0.17 0.30 0.36 0.00
mos_supp_q7  0.20 0.04 0.28 0.20 0.28 0.02
mos_supp_q8  0.13 0.17 0.26 0.15 0.30 0.00
mos_supp_q9  0.17 0.13 0.24 0.15 0.30 0.02

Provider Trust (0-44)

n Mean sd Median IQR Min Max
45 12.87 7.06 14 11 0 26

Coefficient Alpha


Reliability analysis   
Call: psych::alpha(x = .)

  raw_alpha std.alpha G6(smc) average_r S/N   ase mean   sd
      0.81      0.82    0.88      0.29 4.4 0.042  1.2 0.64

 lower alpha upper     95% confidence boundaries
0.73 0.81 0.89 

 Reliability if an item is dropped:
                   raw_alpha std.alpha G6(smc) average_r S/N alpha se
trust_provider_q1       0.80      0.81    0.85      0.30 4.2    0.044
trust_provider_q11      0.79      0.80    0.86      0.28 3.9    0.046
trust_provider_q12      0.79      0.79    0.86      0.28 3.8    0.047
trust_provider_q13      0.81      0.81    0.86      0.30 4.3    0.043
trust_provider_q2       0.79      0.79    0.85      0.28 3.9    0.046
trust_provider_q3       0.80      0.81    0.85      0.29 4.2    0.044
trust_provider_q4       0.80      0.81    0.87      0.30 4.2    0.044
trust_provider_q6       0.80      0.81    0.85      0.30 4.2    0.043
trust_provider_q7       0.79      0.79    0.85      0.28 3.9    0.046
trust_provider_q8       0.78      0.79    0.84      0.27 3.8    0.049
trust_provider_q9       0.79      0.79    0.85      0.28 3.9    0.046

 Item statistics 
                    n raw.r std.r r.cor r.drop mean   sd
trust_provider_q1  44  0.53  0.53  0.49   0.40 0.80 1.13
trust_provider_q11 44  0.62  0.63  0.59   0.52 1.09 1.05
trust_provider_q12 45  0.64  0.67  0.61   0.56 0.93 0.86
trust_provider_q13 45  0.50  0.48  0.42   0.36 1.16 1.19
trust_provider_q2  45  0.64  0.64  0.62   0.53 1.24 1.21
trust_provider_q3  43  0.52  0.54  0.52   0.40 1.26 1.11
trust_provider_q4  44  0.52  0.52  0.45   0.41 1.55 1.11
trust_provider_q6  44  0.55  0.53  0.51   0.41 1.39 1.24
trust_provider_q7  45  0.63  0.64  0.61   0.54 1.07 0.96
trust_provider_q8  45  0.70  0.68  0.66   0.59 1.36 1.23
trust_provider_q9  44  0.63  0.65  0.62   0.53 1.00 0.91

Non missing response frequency for each item
                      0    1    2    3    4 miss
trust_provider_q1  0.52 0.32 0.07 0.02 0.07 0.06
trust_provider_q11 0.34 0.34 0.25 0.02 0.05 0.06
trust_provider_q12 0.29 0.58 0.07 0.04 0.02 0.04
trust_provider_q13 0.38 0.29 0.18 0.11 0.04 0.04
trust_provider_q2  0.33 0.29 0.27 0.02 0.09 0.04
trust_provider_q3  0.28 0.35 0.28 0.02 0.07 0.09
trust_provider_q4  0.20 0.25 0.41 0.07 0.07 0.06
trust_provider_q6  0.27 0.36 0.14 0.16 0.07 0.06
trust_provider_q7  0.29 0.44 0.22 0.00 0.04 0.04
trust_provider_q8  0.33 0.24 0.18 0.22 0.02 0.04
trust_provider_q9  0.32 0.43 0.20 0.02 0.02 0.06

Healthcare System Trust (9-45)

n Mean sd Median IQR Min Max
47 29.12 8.37 30 9.94 13.5 45

Coefficient Alpha


Reliability analysis   
Call: psych::alpha(x = .)

  raw_alpha std.alpha G6(smc) average_r S/N  ase mean   sd
      0.86      0.86     0.9      0.41 6.3 0.03  3.2 0.93

 lower alpha upper     95% confidence boundaries
0.81 0.86 0.92 

 Reliability if an item is dropped:
                     raw_alpha std.alpha G6(smc) average_r S/N alpha se
trust_healthcare_q1       0.86      0.86    0.89      0.43 6.0    0.031
trust_healthcare_q10      0.87      0.86    0.90      0.44 6.4    0.030
trust_healthcare_q2       0.84      0.84    0.87      0.40 5.4    0.034
trust_healthcare_q3       0.86      0.85    0.89      0.42 5.9    0.031
trust_healthcare_q4       0.85      0.85    0.89      0.41 5.7    0.033
trust_healthcare_q6       0.84      0.84    0.88      0.40 5.3    0.035
trust_healthcare_q7       0.85      0.85    0.88      0.41 5.6    0.033
trust_healthcare_q8       0.84      0.83    0.87      0.38 5.0    0.036
trust_healthcare_q9       0.84      0.84    0.88      0.40 5.2    0.035

 Item statistics 
                      n raw.r std.r r.cor r.drop mean  sd
trust_healthcare_q1  46  0.58  0.61  0.57   0.49  4.0 1.2
trust_healthcare_q10 40  0.56  0.55  0.46   0.43  3.2 1.3
trust_healthcare_q2  45  0.75  0.73  0.72   0.66  2.6 1.3
trust_healthcare_q3  44  0.63  0.64  0.61   0.52  3.6 1.3
trust_healthcare_q4  43  0.68  0.68  0.62   0.58  2.9 1.3
trust_healthcare_q6  45  0.77  0.76  0.72   0.67  2.8 1.5
trust_healthcare_q7  44  0.67  0.68  0.65   0.58  3.8 1.2
trust_healthcare_q8  41  0.80  0.81  0.82   0.73  3.4 1.5
trust_healthcare_q9  40  0.75  0.76  0.72   0.68  2.6 1.4

Non missing response frequency for each item
                        1    2    3    4    5 miss
trust_healthcare_q1  0.07 0.04 0.15 0.35 0.39 0.02
trust_healthcare_q10 0.08 0.28 0.30 0.05 0.30 0.15
trust_healthcare_q2  0.24 0.24 0.31 0.04 0.16 0.04
trust_healthcare_q3  0.14 0.00 0.27 0.30 0.30 0.06
trust_healthcare_q4  0.19 0.26 0.19 0.23 0.14 0.09
trust_healthcare_q6  0.31 0.11 0.20 0.20 0.18 0.04
trust_healthcare_q7  0.07 0.09 0.14 0.41 0.30 0.06
trust_healthcare_q8  0.20 0.07 0.20 0.17 0.37 0.13
trust_healthcare_q9  0.28 0.25 0.20 0.10 0.18 0.15

Peer Norms

How many people do you know by name or face who are living with HIV or AIDS?

n Mean sd Median IQR Min Max
47 63 145 30 89 0 999

External Norms (What other people think about what you should do)

ART (0-18)

n Mean sd Median IQR Min Max
45 14.97 4.4 18 5 0 18

Coefficient Alpha


Reliability analysis   
Call: psych::alpha(x = .)

  raw_alpha std.alpha G6(smc) average_r S/N   ase mean  sd
      0.75      0.75     0.7      0.49 2.9 0.057    5 1.5

 lower alpha upper     95% confidence boundaries
0.64 0.75 0.86 

 Reliability if an item is dropped:
               raw_alpha std.alpha G6(smc) average_r S/N alpha se
peer_norms_q13      0.52      0.55    0.38      0.38 1.2    0.127
peer_norms_q14      0.82      0.82    0.69      0.69 4.5    0.053
peer_norms_q15      0.55      0.58    0.41      0.41 1.4    0.121

 Item statistics 
                n raw.r std.r r.cor r.drop mean  sd
peer_norms_q13 42  0.89  0.86  0.79   0.69  4.7 1.9
peer_norms_q14 42  0.66  0.73  0.48   0.43  5.5 1.3
peer_norms_q15 43  0.89  0.85  0.77   0.67  4.9 2.0

Non missing response frequency for each item
                  0    1    2    3    4    5    6 miss
peer_norms_q13 0.05 0.07 0.02 0.07 0.12 0.14 0.52 0.11
peer_norms_q14 0.02 0.02 0.00 0.02 0.02 0.12 0.79 0.11
peer_norms_q15 0.07 0.07 0.00 0.07 0.05 0.07 0.67 0.09

HIV Care (0-18)

n Mean sd Median IQR Min Max
47 13.26 4.53 13 9 3 18

Coefficient Alpha

Some items ( peer_norms_q2 ) were negatively correlated with the total scale and 
probably should be reversed.  
To do this, run the function again with the 'check.keys=TRUE' option

Reliability analysis   
Call: psych::alpha(x = .)

  raw_alpha std.alpha G6(smc) average_r S/N  ase mean  sd
      0.44      0.41    0.57      0.19 0.7 0.14  4.4 1.5

 lower alpha upper     95% confidence boundaries
0.17 0.44 0.71 

 Reliability if an item is dropped:
              raw_alpha std.alpha G6(smc) average_r   S/N alpha se
peer_norms_q1      0.19      0.19    0.11      0.11  0.24    0.234
peer_norms_q2      0.81      0.81    0.68      0.68  4.17    0.057
peer_norms_q3     -0.53     -0.54   -0.21     -0.21 -0.35    0.441

 Item statistics 
               n raw.r std.r r.cor r.drop mean  sd
peer_norms_q1 47  0.76  0.72 0.652  0.344  4.1 2.2
peer_norms_q2 45  0.41  0.44 0.036 -0.062  5.1 1.9
peer_norms_q3 44  0.89  0.88 0.849  0.657  4.3 2.1

Non missing response frequency for each item
                 0    1    2    3    4    5    6 miss
peer_norms_q1 0.09 0.13 0.09 0.04 0.06 0.17 0.43 0.00
peer_norms_q2 0.07 0.04 0.02 0.02 0.04 0.04 0.76 0.04
peer_norms_q3 0.02 0.18 0.05 0.07 0.07 0.09 0.52 0.06

Egocentric/Descriptive Norms (What you think other people are doing)

ART (0-24)

n Mean sd Median IQR Min Max
39 16.41 5.12 16 9 4 24

Coefficient Alpha


Reliability analysis   
Call: psych::alpha(x = .)

  raw_alpha std.alpha G6(smc) average_r S/N   ase mean  sd
      0.77      0.77    0.75      0.45 3.3 0.056  4.1 1.3

 lower alpha upper     95% confidence boundaries
0.66 0.77 0.88 

 Reliability if an item is dropped:
               raw_alpha std.alpha G6(smc) average_r S/N alpha se
peer_norms_q16      0.67      0.67    0.59      0.40 2.0    0.085
peer_norms_q17      0.77      0.76    0.71      0.52 3.2    0.059
peer_norms_q18      0.64      0.64    0.56      0.37 1.8    0.090
peer_norms_q19      0.76      0.76    0.72      0.51 3.1    0.063

 Item statistics 
                n raw.r std.r r.cor r.drop mean  sd
peer_norms_q16 38  0.82  0.82  0.76   0.65  3.9 1.8
peer_norms_q17 35  0.69  0.70  0.55   0.46  4.3 1.6
peer_norms_q18 33  0.87  0.84  0.81   0.70  4.5 1.6
peer_norms_q19 37  0.71  0.71  0.54   0.48  3.9 1.6

Non missing response frequency for each item
                  0    1    2    3    4    5    6 miss
peer_norms_q16 0.03 0.08 0.11 0.24 0.16 0.08 0.32 0.19
peer_norms_q17 0.03 0.03 0.09 0.14 0.14 0.29 0.29 0.26
peer_norms_q18 0.03 0.00 0.06 0.24 0.09 0.21 0.36 0.30
peer_norms_q19 0.03 0.08 0.05 0.19 0.30 0.14 0.22 0.21

HIV Care (0-24)

n Mean sd Median IQR Min Max
42 15.93 5.44 16 8.75 5 24

Coefficient Alpha


Reliability analysis   
Call: psych::alpha(x = .)

  raw_alpha std.alpha G6(smc) average_r S/N   ase mean  sd
      0.71      0.71    0.66      0.38 2.5 0.069    4 1.4

 lower alpha upper     95% confidence boundaries
0.57 0.71 0.84 

 Reliability if an item is dropped:
              raw_alpha std.alpha G6(smc) average_r S/N alpha se
peer_norms_q5      0.61      0.61    0.52      0.34 1.6    0.099
peer_norms_q6      0.66      0.66    0.59      0.39 1.9    0.086
peer_norms_q7      0.72      0.73    0.65      0.47 2.7    0.071
peer_norms_q8      0.58      0.58    0.49      0.31 1.4    0.105

 Item statistics 
               n raw.r std.r r.cor r.drop mean  sd
peer_norms_q5 39  0.77  0.77  0.68   0.56  3.9 1.8
peer_norms_q6 37  0.74  0.72  0.56   0.48  3.9 2.0
peer_norms_q7 37  0.63  0.64  0.42   0.36  4.4 1.7
peer_norms_q8 42  0.80  0.80  0.72   0.61  3.8 1.7

Non missing response frequency for each item
                 0    1    2    3    4    5    6 miss
peer_norms_q5 0.05 0.08 0.08 0.18 0.18 0.15 0.28 0.17
peer_norms_q6 0.05 0.11 0.11 0.19 0.08 0.11 0.35 0.21
peer_norms_q7 0.05 0.03 0.05 0.11 0.19 0.24 0.32 0.21
peer_norms_q8 0.02 0.12 0.05 0.26 0.19 0.12 0.24 0.11

Internal Norms (How you feel about things others may do)

ART (0-12)

n Mean sd Median IQR Min Max
46 10.15 2.12 11 3 6 12

Coefficient Alpha


Reliability analysis   
Call: psych::alpha(x = .)

  raw_alpha std.alpha G6(smc) average_r S/N   ase mean   sd
      0.78      0.78    0.71      0.54 3.5 0.057  3.4 0.71

 lower alpha upper     95% confidence boundaries
0.67 0.78 0.89 

 Reliability if an item is dropped:
               raw_alpha std.alpha G6(smc) average_r S/N alpha se
peer_norms_q21      0.64      0.64    0.47      0.47 1.8    0.105
peer_norms_q22      0.74      0.74    0.58      0.58 2.8    0.077
peer_norms_q23      0.72      0.72    0.56      0.56 2.6    0.082

 Item statistics 
                n raw.r std.r r.cor r.drop mean   sd
peer_norms_q21 46  0.86  0.86  0.76   0.67  3.3 0.83
peer_norms_q22 44  0.82  0.81  0.66   0.58  3.3 0.89
peer_norms_q23 45  0.82  0.82  0.68   0.60  3.5 0.84

Non missing response frequency for each item
                  1    2    3    4 miss
peer_norms_q21 0.00 0.24 0.24 0.52 0.02
peer_norms_q22 0.02 0.20 0.18 0.59 0.06
peer_norms_q23 0.02 0.16 0.09 0.73 0.04

HIV Care (0-12)

n Mean sd Median IQR Min Max
46 10.26 2.29 12 3 6 12

Coefficient Alpha


Reliability analysis   
Call: psych::alpha(x = .)

  raw_alpha std.alpha G6(smc) average_r S/N  ase mean   sd
      0.57      0.61    0.52      0.34 1.5 0.11  3.4 0.76

 lower alpha upper     95% confidence boundaries
0.36 0.57 0.77 

 Reliability if an item is dropped:
               raw_alpha std.alpha G6(smc) average_r  S/N alpha se
peer_norms_q10      0.36      0.37    0.22      0.22 0.58     0.18
peer_norms_q11      0.57      0.64    0.47      0.47 1.75     0.10
peer_norms_q12      0.47      0.49    0.33      0.33 0.97     0.15

 Item statistics 
                n raw.r std.r r.cor r.drop mean   sd
peer_norms_q10 45  0.75  0.80  0.65   0.52  3.6 0.71
peer_norms_q11 45  0.65  0.69  0.41   0.30  3.3 0.97
peer_norms_q12 45  0.86  0.75  0.56   0.40  3.4 1.26

Non missing response frequency for each item
                  0    1    2    3    4 miss
peer_norms_q10 0.00 0.00 0.13 0.09 0.78 0.04
peer_norms_q11 0.02 0.02 0.16 0.22 0.58 0.04
peer_norms_q12 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.04 0.76 0.04

Sexual Behavior

Over your whole life, have you had a sexual partner who was male? This includes any male partner who you had vaginal, oral, or anal sex with.

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            brief_sex_bx_q1
scr1_sex       No     Yes   Refuse to Answer   Total
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Male          10      18                  1      29 
            34.5%   62.1%               3.4%   61.7%
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Female         0      17                  1      18 
             0.0%   94.4%               5.6%   38.3%
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Total         10      35                  2      47 
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Over your whole life, have you had a sexual partner who was female? This includes any female partner who you had vaginal, oral, or anal sex with?

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            brief_sex_bx_q2
scr1_sex       No     Yes   Refuse to Answer   Total
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Male           8      20                  1      29 
            27.6%   69.0%               3.4%   61.7%
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Female         7      10                  1      18 
            38.9%   55.6%               5.6%   38.3%
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Total         15      30                  2      47 
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How many serious male partners did you have in the past year, such as a boyfriend, romantic partner, or spouse?

scr1_sex n Mean sd Median IQR Min Max
Male 29 56.22 235.29 1 1 0 999
Female 18 2.00 2.92 1 2 0 12

How many casual male partners did you have in the past year?

scr1_sex n Mean sd Median IQR Min Max
Male 29 62.72 234.78 1 3.5 0 999
Female 18 2.41 3.24 1 3.0 0 12

How many other male sexual partners did you have?

scr1_sex n Mean sd Median IQR Min Max
Male 29 60.06 234.62 1 5.25 0 999
Female 18 2.76 4.72 1 2.00 0 15

How many serious female partners did you have in the past year, such as a girlfriend, romantic partner, or spouse?

scr1_sex n Mean sd Median IQR Min Max
Male 29 1.1 1.48 1 1 0 5
Female 18 0.1 0.32 0 0 0 1

How many casual female partners did you have in the past year?

scr1_sex n Mean sd Median IQR Min Max
Male 29 3.05 9.74 0 1.5 0 44
Female 18 0.20 0.63 0 0.0 0 2

How many other female sexual partners did you have?

scr1_sex n Mean sd Median IQR Min Max
Male 29 10.9 44.55 0 0.75 0 200
Female 18 0.3 0.67 0 0.00 0 2

Has your serious partner ever been tested for HIV?

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            brief_sex_bx_q9
scr1_sex      No     Yes   Don't Know/Unsure   Refuse to Answer   Total
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Male          0      15                   3                  2      20 
            0.0%   75.0%               15.0%              10.0%   60.6%
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Female        1      10                   2                  0      13 
            7.7%   76.9%               15.4%               0.0%   39.4%
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Total         1      25                   5                  2      33 
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What were his/her test results?

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|                   Count | 
|             Row Percent | 
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            brief_sex_bx_q10
scr1_sex    Results Were Positive   Results Were Negative   Don't Know/Unsure   Refuse to Answer   Total
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Male                           9                       4                   1                  1      15 
                            60.0%                   26.7%                6.7%               6.7%   60.0%
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Female                         5                       5                   0                  0      10 
                            50.0%                   50.0%                0.0%               0.0%   40.0%
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Total                         14                       9                   1                  1      25 
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In your whole life, have you exchanged or traded sex for money, drugs, or a place to stay with male partners?

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            brief_sex_bx_q11
scr1_sex       No     Yes   Total
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Male          11       7      18 
            61.1%   38.9%   51.4%
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Female         5      12      17 
            29.4%   70.6%   48.6%
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Total         16      19      35 
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In the past 12 months, have you exchanged or traded sex for money, drugs, or a place to stay with male partners?

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            brief_sex_bx_q12
scr1_sex       No     Yes   Total
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Male           3       4       7 
            42.9%   57.1%   36.8%
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Female         9       3      12 
            75.0%   25.0%   63.2%
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Total         12       7      19 
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In your whole life, have you exchanged or traded sex for money, drugs, or a place to stay with female partners?

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|             Row Percent | 
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            brief_sex_bx_q13
scr1_sex       No     Yes   Total
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Male          14       6      20 
            70.0%   30.0%   66.7%
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Female         9       1      10 
            90.0%   10.0%   33.3%
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Total         23       7      30 
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In the past 12 months, have you exchanged or traded sex for money, drugs, or a place to stay with female partners?

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            brief_sex_bx_q14
scr1_sex        No     Yes   Total
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Male            1       5       6 
             16.7%   83.3%   85.7%
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Female          1       0       1 
            100.0%    0.0%   14.3%
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Total           2       5       7 
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HIV Social Stigma

Medication Stigma (3-9)

n Mean sd Median IQR Min Max
46 5.5 2.39 5 4 3 9

Coefficient Alpha


Reliability analysis   
Call: psych::alpha(x = .)

  raw_alpha std.alpha G6(smc) average_r S/N   ase mean  sd
      0.77      0.77    0.71      0.53 3.4 0.058  1.8 0.8

 lower alpha upper     95% confidence boundaries
0.65 0.77 0.88 

 Reliability if an item is dropped:
                  raw_alpha std.alpha G6(smc) average_r S/N alpha se
hiv_soc_stigma_q4      0.69      0.69    0.53      0.53 2.2    0.090
hiv_soc_stigma_q5      0.59      0.59    0.42      0.42 1.5    0.118
hiv_soc_stigma_q6      0.77      0.78    0.64      0.64 3.6    0.065

 Item statistics 
                   n raw.r std.r r.cor r.drop mean   sd
hiv_soc_stigma_q4 44  0.81  0.83  0.71   0.61  1.4 0.82
hiv_soc_stigma_q5 40  0.88  0.87  0.79   0.68  1.8 0.99
hiv_soc_stigma_q6 45  0.80  0.78  0.59   0.53  2.2 0.98

Non missing response frequency for each item
                     1    3 miss
hiv_soc_stigma_q4 0.80 0.20 0.06
hiv_soc_stigma_q5 0.60 0.40 0.15
hiv_soc_stigma_q6 0.38 0.62 0.04

Care Stigma (3-9)

n Mean sd Median IQR Min Max
47 4.55 2.1 3 2 3 9

Coefficient Alpha


Reliability analysis   
Call: psych::alpha(x = .)

  raw_alpha std.alpha G6(smc) average_r S/N   ase mean  sd
      0.68      0.72    0.64      0.46 2.6 0.077  1.5 0.7

 lower alpha upper     95% confidence boundaries
0.53 0.68 0.83 

 Reliability if an item is dropped:
                  raw_alpha std.alpha G6(smc) average_r S/N alpha se
hiv_soc_stigma_q1      0.58      0.59    0.42      0.42 1.4    0.118
hiv_soc_stigma_q2      0.50      0.56    0.39      0.39 1.3    0.123
hiv_soc_stigma_q3      0.71      0.73    0.58      0.58 2.7    0.078

 Item statistics 
                   n raw.r std.r r.cor r.drop mean   sd
hiv_soc_stigma_q1 45  0.76  0.82  0.69   0.56  1.2 0.58
hiv_soc_stigma_q2 39  0.83  0.83  0.71   0.56  1.4 0.78
hiv_soc_stigma_q3 42  0.81  0.75  0.53   0.46  2.0 1.01

Non missing response frequency for each item
                     1    3 miss
hiv_soc_stigma_q1 0.91 0.09 0.04
hiv_soc_stigma_q2 0.82 0.18 0.17
hiv_soc_stigma_q3 0.52 0.48 0.11

Disclosure Concern (0-20)

n Mean sd Median IQR Min Max
43 4.31 5.28 2 7.25 0 20

Coefficient Alpha


Reliability analysis   
Call: psych::alpha(x = .)

  raw_alpha std.alpha G6(smc) average_r S/N  ase mean  sd
      0.91      0.92    0.91      0.69  11 0.02 0.86 1.1

 lower alpha upper     95% confidence boundaries
0.88 0.91 0.95 

 Reliability if an item is dropped:
                   raw_alpha std.alpha G6(smc) average_r  S/N alpha se
hiv_soc_stigma_q10      0.91      0.91    0.90      0.71 10.0    0.022
hiv_soc_stigma_q11      0.90      0.90    0.89      0.69  8.7    0.025
hiv_soc_stigma_q12      0.89      0.89    0.88      0.68  8.5    0.025
hiv_soc_stigma_q8       0.89      0.89    0.86      0.66  7.9    0.026
hiv_soc_stigma_q9       0.89      0.90    0.87      0.68  8.5    0.025

 Item statistics 
                    n raw.r std.r r.cor r.drop mean  sd
hiv_soc_stigma_q10 42  0.80  0.82  0.76   0.73 0.62 1.2
hiv_soc_stigma_q11 38  0.87  0.86  0.82   0.78 0.66 1.1
hiv_soc_stigma_q12 41  0.87  0.87  0.83   0.79 1.10 1.4
hiv_soc_stigma_q8  40  0.90  0.89  0.88   0.83 0.80 1.2
hiv_soc_stigma_q9  43  0.88  0.87  0.85   0.79 0.91 1.2

Non missing response frequency for each item
                      0    1    2    4 miss
hiv_soc_stigma_q10 0.71 0.10 0.12 0.07 0.11
hiv_soc_stigma_q11 0.68 0.08 0.18 0.05 0.19
hiv_soc_stigma_q12 0.51 0.12 0.24 0.12 0.13
hiv_soc_stigma_q8  0.65 0.05 0.22 0.08 0.15
hiv_soc_stigma_q9  0.51 0.21 0.21 0.07 0.09

HIV Medication and Care Self-Efficacy

Self-Efficacy Beliefs (1-10)

n Mean sd Median IQR Min Max
47 5.82 2.51 5.38 3.73 1.692308 10

Coefficient Alpha


Reliability analysis   
Call: psych::alpha(x = .)

  raw_alpha std.alpha G6(smc) average_r S/N    ase mean  sd
      0.97      0.96    0.98      0.67  26 0.0063  5.8 2.5

 lower alpha upper     95% confidence boundaries
0.95 0.97 0.98 

 Reliability if an item is dropped:
                 raw_alpha std.alpha G6(smc) average_r S/N alpha se
hiv_med_care_q1       0.98      0.98    0.99      0.78  42   0.0052
hiv_med_care_q10      0.96      0.96    0.98      0.66  23   0.0071
hiv_med_care_q11      0.96      0.96    0.98      0.67  24   0.0069
hiv_med_care_q12      0.96      0.96    0.98      0.67  24   0.0068
hiv_med_care_q13      0.97      0.96    0.98      0.68  25   0.0065
hiv_med_care_q2       0.96      0.96    0.98      0.66  23   0.0073
hiv_med_care_q3       0.96      0.96    0.98      0.66  23   0.0070
hiv_med_care_q4       0.96      0.96    0.98      0.66  23   0.0071
hiv_med_care_q5       0.96      0.96    0.98      0.66  23   0.0073
hiv_med_care_q6       0.96      0.96    0.98      0.66  23   0.0072
hiv_med_care_q7       0.96      0.96    0.98      0.66  23   0.0073
hiv_med_care_q8       0.96      0.96    0.98      0.66  23   0.0072
hiv_med_care_q9       0.96      0.96    0.98      0.65  23   0.0073

 Item statistics 
                  n raw.r std.r r.cor r.drop mean  sd
hiv_med_care_q1  47  0.15  0.17  0.11   0.08  7.1 2.2
hiv_med_care_q10 47  0.89  0.89  0.89   0.87  6.0 3.2
hiv_med_care_q11 47  0.85  0.85  0.84   0.83  6.3 2.6
hiv_med_care_q12 47  0.86  0.86  0.85   0.83  5.0 3.2
hiv_med_care_q13 47  0.79  0.78  0.77   0.74  5.5 3.1
hiv_med_care_q2  47  0.92  0.91  0.91   0.90  5.8 3.3
hiv_med_care_q3  47  0.89  0.90  0.90   0.88  6.4 2.7
hiv_med_care_q4  47  0.90  0.91  0.90   0.89  6.4 2.7
hiv_med_care_q5  47  0.92  0.92  0.92   0.91  5.3 3.1
hiv_med_care_q6  47  0.92  0.91  0.91   0.90  4.9 3.1
hiv_med_care_q7  47  0.92  0.92  0.92   0.91  5.4 3.1
hiv_med_care_q8  47  0.90  0.90  0.89   0.88  5.4 3.2
hiv_med_care_q9  47  0.93  0.93  0.93   0.91  6.0 3.0

Non missing response frequency for each item
                    1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10 miss
hiv_med_care_q1  0.02 0.00 0.02 0.04 0.19 0.11 0.19 0.15 0.06 0.21    0
hiv_med_care_q10 0.19 0.02 0.02 0.09 0.11 0.04 0.11 0.13 0.15 0.15    0
hiv_med_care_q11 0.09 0.00 0.06 0.04 0.19 0.15 0.06 0.17 0.13 0.11    0
hiv_med_care_q12 0.28 0.02 0.04 0.11 0.15 0.02 0.09 0.11 0.13 0.06    0
hiv_med_care_q13 0.19 0.06 0.02 0.09 0.13 0.04 0.13 0.15 0.11 0.09    0
hiv_med_care_q2  0.21 0.02 0.02 0.04 0.19 0.06 0.09 0.06 0.13 0.17    0
hiv_med_care_q3  0.09 0.00 0.04 0.09 0.19 0.06 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.15    0
hiv_med_care_q4  0.09 0.00 0.02 0.13 0.21 0.04 0.11 0.13 0.15 0.13    0
hiv_med_care_q5  0.26 0.00 0.02 0.04 0.21 0.06 0.13 0.06 0.13 0.09    0
hiv_med_care_q6  0.28 0.02 0.06 0.06 0.15 0.06 0.09 0.11 0.11 0.06    0
hiv_med_care_q7  0.23 0.00 0.04 0.06 0.19 0.04 0.11 0.09 0.15 0.09    0
hiv_med_care_q8  0.23 0.00 0.09 0.06 0.15 0.04 0.09 0.11 0.15 0.09    0
hiv_med_care_q9  0.17 0.02 0.02 0.09 0.13 0.04 0.15 0.13 0.15 0.11    0

Outcome Expectancies (1-10)

n Mean sd Median IQR Min Max
47 8.32 1.93 9 2.63 1.933333 10

Coefficient Alpha


Reliability analysis   
Call: psych::alpha(x = .)

  raw_alpha std.alpha G6(smc) average_r S/N    ase mean  sd
      0.97      0.97    0.99      0.68  31 0.0072  8.3 1.9

 lower alpha upper     95% confidence boundaries
0.95 0.97 0.98 

 Reliability if an item is dropped:
                 raw_alpha std.alpha G6(smc) average_r S/N alpha se
hiv_med_care_q14      0.97      0.97    0.99      0.68  30   0.0076
hiv_med_care_q15      0.96      0.97    0.99      0.67  28   0.0081
hiv_med_care_q16      0.96      0.97    0.99      0.67  28   0.0080
hiv_med_care_q17      0.97      0.97    0.99      0.67  29   0.0079
hiv_med_care_q18      0.96      0.97    0.99      0.67  28   0.0080
hiv_med_care_q19      0.96      0.97    0.99      0.67  28   0.0080
hiv_med_care_q20      0.97      0.97    0.99      0.68  30   0.0075
hiv_med_care_q21      0.97      0.97    0.99      0.70  33   0.0069
hiv_med_care_q22      0.97      0.97    0.99      0.70  33   0.0068
hiv_med_care_q23      0.97      0.97    0.99      0.69  31   0.0072
hiv_med_care_q24      0.97      0.97    0.99      0.67  29   0.0080
hiv_med_care_q25      0.96      0.97    0.99      0.67  28   0.0081
hiv_med_care_q26      0.96      0.96    0.99      0.66  27   0.0082
hiv_med_care_q27      0.96      0.97    0.99      0.67  28   0.0081
hiv_med_care_q28      0.96      0.97    0.99      0.67  28   0.0080

 Item statistics 
                  n raw.r std.r r.cor r.drop mean  sd
hiv_med_care_q14 47  0.78  0.78  0.78   0.75  8.4 2.2
hiv_med_care_q15 47  0.90  0.90  0.90   0.88  8.5 2.3
hiv_med_care_q16 47  0.88  0.88  0.88   0.86  8.2 2.4
hiv_med_care_q17 47  0.86  0.86  0.86   0.83  8.0 2.4
hiv_med_care_q18 47  0.89  0.89  0.88   0.87  8.3 2.3
hiv_med_care_q19 47  0.87  0.87  0.87   0.85  8.0 2.4
hiv_med_care_q20 47  0.80  0.79  0.79   0.76  8.2 2.4
hiv_med_care_q21 47  0.67  0.66  0.66   0.62  8.7 2.3
hiv_med_care_q22 47  0.66  0.65  0.65   0.61  8.5 2.4
hiv_med_care_q23 47  0.73  0.72  0.71   0.68  8.2 2.6
hiv_med_care_q24 47  0.87  0.87  0.87   0.85  8.6 2.1
hiv_med_care_q25 47  0.91  0.91  0.91   0.89  8.5 2.1
hiv_med_care_q26 47  0.94  0.94  0.94   0.92  8.3 2.2
hiv_med_care_q27 47  0.91  0.91  0.91   0.90  8.4 2.1
hiv_med_care_q28 47  0.88  0.88  0.88   0.85  8.0 2.5

Non missing response frequency for each item
                    1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10 miss
hiv_med_care_q14 0.02 0.00 0.02 0.02 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.11 0.13 0.51    0
hiv_med_care_q15 0.00 0.04 0.00 0.04 0.06 0.04 0.04 0.11 0.11 0.55    0
hiv_med_care_q16 0.00 0.04 0.00 0.04 0.11 0.06 0.02 0.11 0.15 0.47    0
hiv_med_care_q17 0.02 0.02 0.00 0.04 0.06 0.15 0.11 0.04 0.09 0.47    0
hiv_med_care_q18 0.02 0.02 0.00 0.04 0.04 0.06 0.13 0.06 0.11 0.51    0
hiv_med_care_q19 0.02 0.02 0.00 0.04 0.06 0.13 0.11 0.04 0.15 0.43    0
hiv_med_care_q20 0.04 0.00 0.00 0.06 0.02 0.06 0.13 0.09 0.11 0.49    0
hiv_med_care_q21 0.04 0.00 0.00 0.06 0.00 0.02 0.04 0.09 0.19 0.55    0
hiv_med_care_q22 0.04 0.00 0.02 0.06 0.00 0.00 0.06 0.09 0.19 0.53    0
hiv_med_care_q23 0.04 0.00 0.02 0.06 0.04 0.06 0.04 0.11 0.06 0.55    0
hiv_med_care_q24 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.06 0.04 0.11 0.11 0.11 0.53    0
hiv_med_care_q25 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.09 0.04 0.11 0.11 0.09 0.53    0
hiv_med_care_q26 0.02 0.00 0.02 0.02 0.06 0.04 0.15 0.09 0.09 0.51    0
hiv_med_care_q27 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.02 0.13 0.13 0.09 0.06 0.53    0
hiv_med_care_q28 0.04 0.00 0.00 0.06 0.06 0.09 0.11 0.09 0.04 0.51    0

HIV Adherence Self-Efficacy (0-120)

n Mean sd Median IQR Min Max
45 76.39 28.87 83 38 3.272727 120

Coefficient Alpha


Reliability analysis   
Call: psych::alpha(x = .)

  raw_alpha std.alpha G6(smc) average_r S/N    ase mean  sd
      0.96      0.96       1      0.67  24 0.0091  6.4 2.4

 lower alpha upper     95% confidence boundaries
0.94 0.96 0.98 

 Reliability if an item is dropped:
             raw_alpha std.alpha G6(smc) average_r S/N alpha se
hiv_ases_q10      0.96      0.96    0.99      0.68  23   0.0095
hiv_ases_q11      0.96      0.96    0.98      0.66  22   0.0099
hiv_ases_q12      0.96      0.96    0.99      0.67  22   0.0097
hiv_ases_q13      0.95      0.95    0.99      0.66  21   0.0102
hiv_ases_q14      0.96      0.96    1.00      0.68  23   0.0093
hiv_ases_q2       0.96      0.96    1.00      0.67  22   0.0099
hiv_ases_q3       0.95      0.95    0.98      0.66  21   0.0104
hiv_ases_q4       0.96      0.96    0.98      0.68  24   0.0090
hiv_ases_q5       0.95      0.95    0.98      0.65  21   0.0106
hiv_ases_q6       0.95      0.95    1.00      0.66  21   0.0104
hiv_ases_q7       0.96      0.96    1.00      0.67  22   0.0099
hiv_ases_q9       0.95      0.95    0.99      0.66  21   0.0103

 Item statistics 
              n raw.r std.r r.cor r.drop mean  sd
hiv_ases_q10 41  0.78  0.77  0.77   0.72  6.6 2.8
hiv_ases_q11 41  0.81  0.84  0.84   0.81  6.4 2.8
hiv_ases_q12 40  0.78  0.81  0.81   0.76  6.1 3.0
hiv_ases_q13 40  0.88  0.88  0.88   0.85  7.0 2.8
hiv_ases_q14 38  0.78  0.75  0.75   0.70  6.6 3.0
hiv_ases_q2  40  0.83  0.83  0.83   0.79  6.2 3.3
hiv_ases_q3  43  0.86  0.88  0.88   0.86  6.5 3.0
hiv_ases_q4  41  0.74  0.73  0.73   0.67  5.8 3.4
hiv_ases_q5  41  0.90  0.91  0.91   0.89  5.9 3.1
hiv_ases_q6  40  0.89  0.89  0.89   0.87  6.0 3.0
hiv_ases_q7  40  0.83  0.82  0.82   0.79  6.1 3.0
hiv_ases_q9  41  0.86  0.88  0.88   0.85  6.3 2.8

Beliefs about Medicine (8-40)

n Mean sd Median IQR Min Max
47 30.5 6.77 32 8.5 14 40

Coefficient Alpha


Reliability analysis   
Call: psych::alpha(x = .)

  raw_alpha std.alpha G6(smc) average_r S/N   ase mean   sd
      0.85      0.86    0.93      0.44 6.2 0.032  3.8 0.85

 lower alpha upper     95% confidence boundaries
0.79 0.85 0.91 

 Reliability if an item is dropped:
       raw_alpha std.alpha G6(smc) average_r S/N alpha se
bmq_q1      0.83      0.84    0.90      0.43 5.4    0.037
bmq_q2      0.81      0.83    0.89      0.40 4.7    0.043
bmq_q3      0.82      0.83    0.89      0.41 4.9    0.040
bmq_q4      0.82      0.83    0.88      0.41 4.9    0.039
bmq_q5      0.82      0.83    0.90      0.42 5.0    0.038
bmq_q7      0.90      0.91    0.95      0.58 9.6    0.022
bmq_q8      0.84      0.85    0.92      0.44 5.6    0.036
bmq_q9      0.81      0.82    0.89      0.40 4.7    0.040

 Item statistics 
        n raw.r std.r r.cor r.drop mean   sd
bmq_q1 45  0.77  0.72 0.714  0.624  4.0 1.21
bmq_q2 40  0.86  0.84 0.835  0.783  3.5 1.36
bmq_q3 42  0.82  0.80 0.800  0.723  3.7 1.24
bmq_q4 42  0.80  0.80 0.811  0.712  4.1 1.14
bmq_q5 45  0.78  0.79 0.789  0.703  4.2 0.96
bmq_q7 41  0.22  0.19 0.058  0.019  3.0 1.30
bmq_q8 45  0.66  0.69 0.635  0.571  4.1 1.08
bmq_q9 42  0.81  0.85 0.845  0.786  3.9 1.01

Non missing response frequency for each item
          1    2    3    4    5 miss
bmq_q1 0.07 0.07 0.13 0.31 0.42 0.04
bmq_q2 0.10 0.18 0.12 0.30 0.30 0.15
bmq_q3 0.05 0.17 0.17 0.29 0.33 0.11
bmq_q4 0.05 0.05 0.17 0.24 0.50 0.11
bmq_q5 0.02 0.04 0.09 0.36 0.49 0.04
bmq_q7 0.15 0.24 0.22 0.24 0.15 0.13
bmq_q8 0.04 0.04 0.13 0.33 0.44 0.04
bmq_q9 0.02 0.07 0.19 0.40 0.31 0.11

HIV Conspiracy Beliefs (10-50)

Bogart, Laura M., Glenn J. Wagner, Harold D. Green, Matt G. Mutchler, David J. Klein, Bryce McDavitt, Sean J. Lawrence, and Charles L. Hilliard (2016). Medical mistrust among social network members may contribute to antiretroviral treatment nonadherence in African Americans living with HIV. Social Science & Medicine, 164: 133-140.

n Mean sd Median IQR Min Max
47 27.3 7.93 28 9.5 10 43

Coefficient Alpha


Reliability analysis   
Call: psych::alpha(x = .)

  raw_alpha std.alpha G6(smc) average_r S/N   ase mean   sd
      0.82      0.82    0.88      0.32 4.6 0.038  2.7 0.79

 lower alpha upper     95% confidence boundaries
0.75 0.82 0.9 

 Reliability if an item is dropped:
              raw_alpha std.alpha G6(smc) average_r S/N alpha se
hiv_consp_q1       0.85      0.85    0.88      0.38 5.5    0.032
hiv_consp_q10      0.83      0.82    0.87      0.34 4.7    0.037
hiv_consp_q11      0.82      0.83    0.87      0.35 4.8    0.038
hiv_consp_q2       0.81      0.81    0.87      0.32 4.2    0.042
hiv_consp_q3       0.80      0.80    0.86      0.31 4.1    0.043
hiv_consp_q4       0.78      0.78    0.84      0.29 3.6    0.047
hiv_consp_q5       0.79      0.79    0.86      0.30 3.8    0.045
hiv_consp_q7       0.78      0.79    0.85      0.29 3.7    0.047
hiv_consp_q8       0.79      0.79    0.85      0.29 3.7    0.046
hiv_consp_q9       0.79      0.79    0.85      0.29 3.7    0.046

 Item statistics 
               n raw.r std.r r.cor r.drop mean   sd
hiv_consp_q1  47  0.23  0.25  0.17  0.068  2.1 1.34
hiv_consp_q10 47  0.48  0.46  0.38  0.309  2.2 1.45
hiv_consp_q11 46  0.38  0.42  0.36  0.281  1.6 0.91
hiv_consp_q2  47  0.62  0.60  0.54  0.495  3.3 1.38
hiv_consp_q3  47  0.67  0.65  0.61  0.556  3.3 1.28
hiv_consp_q4  47  0.79  0.78  0.79  0.708  3.3 1.35
hiv_consp_q5  47  0.73  0.73  0.71  0.643  2.9 1.23
hiv_consp_q7  47  0.78  0.77  0.76  0.702  3.3 1.28
hiv_consp_q8  47  0.76  0.76  0.73  0.676  2.8 1.26
hiv_consp_q9  47  0.76  0.77  0.76  0.685  2.6 1.25

Non missing response frequency for each item
                 1    2    3    4    5 miss
hiv_consp_q1  0.49 0.17 0.17 0.09 0.09 0.00
hiv_consp_q10 0.51 0.11 0.19 0.06 0.13 0.00
hiv_consp_q11 0.65 0.11 0.22 0.02 0.00 0.02
hiv_consp_q2  0.17 0.04 0.40 0.11 0.28 0.00
hiv_consp_q3  0.11 0.13 0.40 0.11 0.26 0.00
hiv_consp_q4  0.15 0.06 0.40 0.11 0.28 0.00
hiv_consp_q5  0.21 0.04 0.53 0.09 0.13 0.00
hiv_consp_q7  0.15 0.04 0.43 0.17 0.21 0.00
hiv_consp_q8  0.21 0.13 0.38 0.17 0.11 0.00
hiv_consp_q9  0.30 0.11 0.43 0.09 0.09 0.00

HIV Care Behavioral Skills

There are times when it is hard for me to take my HIV medications when I drink alcohol or use street drugs.

bx_skill_q1 n Percent
I strongly disagree 9 19.1
I somewhat disagree 3 6.4
I neither agree nor disagree 2 4.3
I somewhat agree 9 19.1
I strongly agree 18 38.3
I don’t drink alcohol or use street drugs 6 12.8

Total Behavioral Skills Score (0-52)

n Mean sd Median IQR Min Max
47 28.57 10.18 29 9.5 9 51

Coefficient Alpha


Reliability analysis   
Call: psych::alpha(x = .)

  raw_alpha std.alpha G6(smc) average_r S/N   ase mean   sd
      0.89      0.89    0.93      0.39 8.2 0.023  2.2 0.78

 lower alpha upper     95% confidence boundaries
0.85 0.89 0.94 

 Reliability if an item is dropped:
             raw_alpha std.alpha G6(smc) average_r S/N alpha se
bx_skill_q10      0.87      0.87    0.92      0.36 6.8    0.027
bx_skill_q11      0.88      0.88    0.92      0.37 7.2    0.026
bx_skill_q12      0.88      0.88    0.93      0.39 7.5    0.025
bx_skill_q13      0.88      0.88    0.93      0.38 7.3    0.025
bx_skill_q14      0.88      0.88    0.93      0.38 7.3    0.026
bx_skill_q15      0.89      0.89    0.92      0.40 8.0    0.024
bx_skill_q3       0.89      0.89    0.93      0.40 8.0    0.024
bx_skill_q4       0.89      0.89    0.93      0.39 7.8    0.024
bx_skill_q5       0.90      0.90    0.93      0.42 8.5    0.022
bx_skill_q6       0.88      0.88    0.93      0.37 7.1    0.026
bx_skill_q7       0.89      0.89    0.93      0.41 8.2    0.023
bx_skill_q8       0.88      0.88    0.93      0.39 7.6    0.025
bx_skill_q9       0.87      0.87    0.92      0.36 6.8    0.028

 Item statistics 
              n raw.r std.r r.cor r.drop mean  sd
bx_skill_q10 47  0.83  0.83  0.83   0.79  2.1 1.2
bx_skill_q11 47  0.74  0.75  0.74   0.69  1.8 1.1
bx_skill_q12 47  0.65  0.66  0.65   0.58  1.7 1.1
bx_skill_q13 47  0.71  0.71  0.69   0.65  2.5 1.2
bx_skill_q14 47  0.72  0.72  0.70   0.66  2.1 1.2
bx_skill_q15 47  0.56  0.56  0.54   0.47  2.5 1.2
bx_skill_q3  47  0.55  0.55  0.51   0.47  2.5 1.1
bx_skill_q4  47  0.60  0.60  0.57   0.51  2.6 1.3
bx_skill_q5  47  0.43  0.43  0.38   0.33  2.5 1.2
bx_skill_q6  47  0.76  0.76  0.75   0.71  2.2 1.2
bx_skill_q7  47  0.50  0.50  0.45   0.40  1.9 1.2
bx_skill_q8  47  0.64  0.64  0.62   0.56  2.1 1.1
bx_skill_q9  47  0.85  0.85  0.85   0.80  2.0 1.3

Non missing response frequency for each item
                0    1    2    3    4 miss
bx_skill_q10 0.13 0.11 0.43 0.17 0.17    0
bx_skill_q11 0.17 0.17 0.45 0.13 0.09    0
bx_skill_q12 0.15 0.23 0.43 0.11 0.09    0
bx_skill_q13 0.06 0.13 0.30 0.30 0.21    0
bx_skill_q14 0.11 0.15 0.38 0.23 0.13    0
bx_skill_q15 0.06 0.11 0.36 0.23 0.23    0
bx_skill_q3  0.06 0.06 0.34 0.34 0.19    0
bx_skill_q4  0.06 0.15 0.30 0.15 0.34    0
bx_skill_q5  0.06 0.13 0.30 0.26 0.26    0
bx_skill_q6  0.13 0.11 0.40 0.17 0.19    0
bx_skill_q7  0.15 0.17 0.40 0.15 0.13    0
bx_skill_q8  0.11 0.13 0.47 0.17 0.13    0
bx_skill_q9  0.19 0.13 0.32 0.19 0.17    0

Patient Health Questionnaire Depression Screen (PHQ-9)

Severity Score (0-27)

n Mean sd Median IQR Min Max
47 7.53 5.13 6 7 0 18

Severity Score Categories

PHQ_Cat n Percent
Minimal Depression 14 29.8
Mild Depression 19 40.4
Moderate Depression 8 17.0
Moderately Severe Depression 6 12.8

Likely Depression

Likely Depression n Percent
No 36 76.6
Yes 11 23.4

Coefficient Alpha


Reliability analysis   
Call: psych::alpha(x = .)

  raw_alpha std.alpha G6(smc) average_r S/N   ase mean   sd
      0.82      0.82    0.87      0.33 4.5 0.039 0.84 0.57

 lower alpha upper     95% confidence boundaries
0.74 0.82 0.9 

 Reliability if an item is dropped:
        raw_alpha std.alpha G6(smc) average_r S/N alpha se
phq_q1       0.78      0.78    0.84      0.31 3.6    0.048
phq_q10      0.82      0.82    0.86      0.36 4.5    0.041
phq_q2       0.79      0.79    0.83      0.31 3.7    0.046
phq_q3       0.83      0.83    0.87      0.38 5.0    0.036
phq_q4       0.80      0.80    0.84      0.33 3.9    0.044
phq_q5       0.79      0.79    0.83      0.33 3.9    0.045
phq_q7       0.79      0.79    0.84      0.32 3.8    0.045
phq_q8       0.78      0.78    0.82      0.31 3.5    0.048
phq_q9       0.81      0.81    0.85      0.35 4.3    0.042

 Item statistics 
         n raw.r std.r r.cor r.drop mean   sd
phq_q1  47  0.76  0.76  0.72   0.67 0.94 0.94
phq_q10 47  0.46  0.50  0.42   0.34 0.36 0.70
phq_q2  47  0.72  0.74  0.71   0.63 0.81 0.85
phq_q3  47  0.42  0.39  0.30   0.24 1.45 0.97
phq_q4  47  0.67  0.65  0.61   0.55 1.21 0.95
phq_q5  47  0.68  0.67  0.65   0.56 0.91 0.93
phq_q7  47  0.69  0.70  0.66   0.58 0.70 0.93
phq_q8  47  0.77  0.77  0.77   0.69 0.66 0.87
phq_q9  47  0.56  0.57  0.51   0.43 0.49 0.86

Non missing response frequency for each item
           0    1    2    3 miss
phq_q1  0.40 0.32 0.21 0.06    0
phq_q10 0.74 0.17 0.06 0.02    0
phq_q2  0.43 0.38 0.15 0.04    0
phq_q3  0.17 0.38 0.28 0.17    0
phq_q4  0.23 0.45 0.19 0.13    0
phq_q5  0.38 0.40 0.13 0.09    0
phq_q7  0.55 0.26 0.13 0.06    0
phq_q8  0.55 0.28 0.13 0.04    0
phq_q9  0.68 0.21 0.04 0.06    0

Generalized Anxiety Disorder Screen (GAD-7)

Severity Score (0-21)

n Mean sd Median IQR Min Max
47 4.92 3.98 5.6 6 0 14

Severity Score Categories

GAD_Cat n Percent
Less than mild 23 48.9
Mild 18 38.3
Moderate 6 12.8

Likely Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Likely GAD n Percent
No 41 87.2
Yes 6 12.8

Coefficient Alpha


Reliability analysis   
Call: psych::alpha(x = .)

  raw_alpha std.alpha G6(smc) average_r S/N   ase mean   sd
       0.9       0.9    0.92      0.56 9.1 0.023  0.7 0.57

 lower alpha upper     95% confidence boundaries
0.85 0.9 0.94 

 Reliability if an item is dropped:
       raw_alpha std.alpha G6(smc) average_r S/N alpha se
gad_q1      0.89      0.90    0.91      0.59 8.6    0.024
gad_q2      0.89      0.90    0.90      0.59 8.7    0.024
gad_q3      0.88      0.88    0.89      0.55 7.3    0.029
gad_q4      0.88      0.89    0.90      0.57 8.0    0.027
gad_q6      0.87      0.88    0.88      0.54 7.0    0.030
gad_q7      0.88      0.88    0.88      0.55 7.4    0.028
gad_q8      0.88      0.88    0.90      0.56 7.6    0.028

 Item statistics 
        n raw.r std.r r.cor r.drop mean   sd
gad_q1 41  0.73  0.72  0.67   0.62 0.73 0.78
gad_q2 41  0.81  0.72  0.66   0.61 0.68 0.76
gad_q3 37  0.86  0.84  0.81   0.77 0.70 0.62
gad_q4 40  0.80  0.77  0.72   0.68 0.57 0.64
gad_q6 39  0.87  0.86  0.85   0.79 0.64 0.71
gad_q7 39  0.85  0.83  0.82   0.75 0.72 0.69
gad_q8 43  0.78  0.81  0.78   0.72 0.47 0.63

Non missing response frequency for each item
          0    1    2 miss
gad_q1 0.46 0.34 0.20 0.13
gad_q2 0.49 0.34 0.17 0.13
gad_q3 0.38 0.54 0.08 0.21
gad_q4 0.50 0.42 0.08 0.15
gad_q6 0.49 0.38 0.13 0.17
gad_q7 0.41 0.46 0.13 0.17
gad_q8 0.60 0.33 0.07 0.09

PTSD Screen

*Cameron, R. P., & Gusman, D. (2003). The primary care PTSD screen (PC-PTSD): development and operating characteristics. Primary Care Psychiatry, 9(1), 9-14.

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Felt numb or detached from others, activities, or your surroundings?                                  17      25            4                  1      47 
                                                                                                    36.2%   53.2%         8.5%               2.1%   25.0%
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Have had nightmares about it or thought about it when you did not want to?                            19      25            3                  0      47 
                                                                                                    40.4%   53.2%         6.4%               0.0%   25.0%
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Tried not to think about it or went out of your way to avoid situations that reminded you of it?      23      22            2                  0      47 
                                                                                                    48.9%   46.8%         4.3%               0.0%   25.0%
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Were constantly on guard, watchful, or easily startled?                                               17      25            4                  1      47 
                                                                                                    36.2%   53.2%         8.5%               2.1%   25.0%
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Total                                                                                                 76      97           13                  2     188 
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Likely PTSD

Likely PTSD n Percent
No 29 61.7
Yes 18 38.3

SF-12 Health Status

Overall Rating of Health

sfh_q1 n Percent
Very Good 6 12.8
Good 19 40.4
Fair 20 42.6
Poor 2 4.3

Physical Health POMP Scoring (0-100)

n Mean sd Median IQR Min Max
47 56.91 22.49 58.33 35.42 16.66667 95.83333

Coefficient Alpha


Reliability analysis   
Call: psych::alpha(x = .)

  raw_alpha std.alpha G6(smc) average_r S/N   ase mean   sd
      0.61      0.61    0.66      0.21 1.6 0.081 0.57 0.22

 lower alpha upper     95% confidence boundaries
0.46 0.61 0.77 

 Reliability if an item is dropped:
       raw_alpha std.alpha G6(smc) average_r  S/N alpha se
sfh_q1      0.61      0.60    0.64      0.23 1.48    0.084
sfh_q3      0.59      0.58    0.61      0.22 1.38    0.084
sfh_q4      0.55      0.50    0.55      0.17 1.01    0.088
sfh_q5      0.56      0.59    0.58      0.22 1.43    0.094
sfh_q6      0.44      0.49    0.50      0.16 0.97    0.126
sfh_q9      0.60      0.61    0.66      0.24 1.59    0.085

 Item statistics 
        n raw.r std.r r.cor r.drop mean   sd
sfh_q1 47  0.37  0.52  0.37   0.23 0.40 0.19
sfh_q3 47  0.49  0.55  0.42   0.28 0.71 0.33
sfh_q4 47  0.62  0.69  0.62   0.40 0.54 0.37
sfh_q5 47  0.67  0.54  0.46   0.37 0.55 0.50
sfh_q6 47  0.80  0.71  0.69   0.58 0.53 0.50
sfh_q9 47  0.46  0.48  0.28   0.24 0.67 0.32

Non missing response frequency for each item
          0 0.25  0.5 0.75    1 miss
sfh_q1 0.04 0.43 0.40 0.13 0.00    0
sfh_q3 0.09 0.00 0.40 0.00 0.51    0
sfh_q4 0.23 0.00 0.45 0.00 0.32    0
sfh_q5 0.45 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.55    0
sfh_q6 0.47 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.53    0
sfh_q9 0.09 0.09 0.23 0.26 0.34    0

Mental Health POMP Scoring (0-100)

n Mean sd Median IQR Min Max
47 56.74 23.13 56.67 33.33 6.666667 93.33333

Coefficient Alpha


Reliability analysis   
Call: psych::alpha(x = .)

  raw_alpha std.alpha G6(smc) average_r S/N   ase mean   sd
      0.67      0.69    0.78      0.27 2.2 0.069 0.57 0.23

 lower alpha upper     95% confidence boundaries
0.54 0.67 0.81 

 Reliability if an item is dropped:
        raw_alpha std.alpha G6(smc) average_r S/N alpha se
sfh_q12      0.69      0.73    0.77      0.35 2.7    0.069
sfh_q14      0.61      0.61    0.69      0.24 1.6    0.079
sfh_q7       0.60      0.63    0.71      0.26 1.7    0.092
sfh_q8       0.62      0.65    0.73      0.27 1.9    0.087
sfh_q11      0.63      0.61    0.70      0.24 1.6    0.074
sfh_q13      0.62      0.62    0.67      0.24 1.6    0.080

 Item statistics 
         n raw.r std.r r.cor r.drop mean   sd
sfh_q12 47  0.34  0.40  0.26   0.16 0.49 0.26
sfh_q14 47  0.65  0.70  0.67   0.47 0.62 0.34
sfh_q7  47  0.75  0.65  0.57   0.51 0.49 0.51
sfh_q8  47  0.72  0.61  0.51   0.47 0.57 0.50
sfh_q11 47  0.58  0.69  0.62   0.42 0.58 0.29
sfh_q13 47  0.63  0.68  0.67   0.48 0.64 0.27

Non missing response frequency for each item
           0  0.2  0.4  0.6  0.8    1 miss
sfh_q12 0.02 0.23 0.30 0.23 0.13 0.09    0
sfh_q14 0.11 0.11 0.11 0.26 0.11 0.32    0
sfh_q7  0.51 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.49    0
sfh_q8  0.43 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.57    0
sfh_q11 0.04 0.17 0.15 0.23 0.28 0.13    0
sfh_q13 0.06 0.02 0.15 0.40 0.13 0.23    0

Physical Health Norm-Based Scoring

n Mean sd Median IQR Min Max
47 42.83 7.87 41.63 12.02 30.30795 58.75647

Mental Health Norm-Based Scoring

n Mean sd Median IQR Min Max
47 44.85 10.24 45.88 12.04 14.87611 64.39218

Satisfaction with HIV Care

Overall, you think the services there are:

spns_q1 n Percent
Fair 8 17.0
Good 17 36.2
Very Good 14 29.8
Excellent 8 17.0

Overall Satisfaction (0-100)

n Mean sd Median IQR Min Max
47 72.82 19.89 75 31.36 29.54545 100

Coefficient Alpha


Reliability analysis   
Call: psych::alpha(x = .)

  raw_alpha std.alpha G6(smc) average_r S/N   ase mean  sd
      0.87      0.88     0.9      0.47 7.1 0.027 0.74 0.2

 lower alpha upper     95% confidence boundaries
0.82 0.87 0.93 

 Reliability if an item is dropped:
        raw_alpha std.alpha G6(smc) average_r S/N alpha se
spns_q1      0.87      0.88    0.89      0.50 7.0    0.027
spns_q2      0.87      0.87    0.88      0.50 6.9    0.028
spns_q3      0.86      0.86    0.89      0.46 6.0    0.031
spns_q4      0.86      0.87    0.89      0.48 6.4    0.030
spns_q5      0.85      0.86    0.88      0.46 6.1    0.033
spns_q6      0.85      0.85    0.88      0.45 5.7    0.034
spns_q7      0.84      0.85    0.87      0.45 5.7    0.035
spns_q8      0.86      0.86    0.89      0.47 6.3    0.031

 Item statistics 
         n raw.r std.r r.cor r.drop mean   sd
spns_q1 47  0.61  0.63  0.58   0.48 0.62 0.24
spns_q2 45  0.61  0.64  0.60   0.51 0.74 0.20
spns_q3 46  0.78  0.77  0.73   0.66 0.80 0.25
spns_q4 45  0.76  0.71  0.65   0.61 0.66 0.34
spns_q5 45  0.78  0.76  0.75   0.70 0.77 0.27
spns_q6 44  0.82  0.81  0.79   0.76 0.86 0.23
spns_q7 45  0.82  0.81  0.81   0.76 0.75 0.29
spns_q8 37  0.73  0.73  0.67   0.64 0.77 0.27

Non missing response frequency for each item
           0 0.25 0.333333333333333  0.5 0.666666666666667 0.75    1 miss
spns_q1 0.00 0.17              0.00 0.36              0.00  0.3 0.17 0.00
spns_q2 0.02 0.00              0.02 0.00              0.67  0.0 0.29 0.04
spns_q3 0.02 0.00              0.09 0.00              0.37  0.0 0.52 0.02
spns_q4 0.09 0.00              0.24 0.00              0.27  0.0 0.40 0.04
spns_q5 0.00 0.00              0.22 0.00              0.24  0.0 0.53 0.04
spns_q6 0.00 0.00              0.11 0.00              0.20  0.0 0.68 0.06
spns_q7 0.02 0.00              0.22 0.00              0.24  0.0 0.51 0.04
spns_q8 0.03 0.00              0.14 0.00              0.32  0.0 0.51 0.21

Subjective Structural Barriers to HIV Care and ART (0-10)

Kalichman, S. C., Catz, S., and Ramachandran, B. (1999). Barriers to HIV/AIDS treatment and adherence among African-American adults with disadvantaged education. Journal of the National Medical Association, 91, 439-446.

Individual Items

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                                                                Response
Item                                                              Yes      No   Refuse to Answer   Total
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Unable to pay for medical care                                     7      35                  5      47 
                                                                14.9%   74.5%              10.6%   10.0%
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Not sure where to go to get medical care                           6      34                  7      47 
                                                                12.8%   72.3%              14.9%   10.0%
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Did not have transportation to medical care                        9      31                  7      47 
                                                                19.1%   66.0%              14.9%   10.0%
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Clinic hours were inconvenient for me                              8      34                  5      47 
                                                                17.0%   72.3%              10.6%   10.0%
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I was treated poorly at a clinic in the past                       7      36                  4      47 
                                                                14.9%   76.6%               8.5%   10.0%
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I did not want to be seen at a clinic                              9      33                  5      47 
                                                                19.1%   70.2%              10.6%   10.0%
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I do not trust doctors                                             7      35                  5      47 
                                                                14.9%   74.5%              10.6%   10.0%
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I don't really care about taking care of myself at this time      11      31                  5      47 
                                                                23.4%   66.0%              10.6%   10.0%
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I did not have child care                                          1      41                  5      47 
                                                                 2.1%   87.2%              10.6%   10.0%
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I was too drunk or high                                           10      32                  5      47 
                                                                21.3%   68.1%              10.6%   10.0%
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Total                                                             75     342                 53     470 
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Total Barriers to Care (0-10)

n Mean sd Median IQR Min Max
47 2 2 1 2 0 10

Coefficient Alpha


Reliability analysis   
Call: psych::alpha(x = .)

  raw_alpha std.alpha G6(smc) average_r S/N   ase mean   sd
       0.8      0.81    0.85       0.3 4.3 0.044 0.16 0.22

 lower alpha upper     95% confidence boundaries
0.71 0.8 0.88 

 Reliability if an item is dropped:
                     raw_alpha std.alpha G6(smc) average_r S/N alpha se
subj_struct_barr_q1       0.80      0.81    0.84      0.32 4.3    0.043
subj_struct_barr_q10      0.79      0.81    0.84      0.32 4.2    0.045
subj_struct_barr_q2       0.78      0.80    0.84      0.30 3.9    0.047
subj_struct_barr_q3       0.78      0.80    0.84      0.31 4.0    0.046
subj_struct_barr_q4       0.77      0.79    0.81      0.29 3.7    0.050
subj_struct_barr_q5       0.77      0.78    0.82      0.29 3.7    0.050
subj_struct_barr_q6       0.76      0.78    0.81      0.28 3.5    0.053
subj_struct_barr_q7       0.76      0.78    0.81      0.28 3.6    0.051
subj_struct_barr_q8       0.78      0.80    0.83      0.30 3.9    0.048
subj_struct_barr_q9       0.79      0.79    0.83      0.29 3.7    0.047

 Item statistics 
                      n raw.r std.r r.cor r.drop  mean   sd
subj_struct_barr_q1  47  0.44  0.47  0.39   0.29 0.149 0.36
subj_struct_barr_q10 47  0.53  0.51  0.44   0.38 0.213 0.41
subj_struct_barr_q2  47  0.55  0.57  0.50   0.42 0.128 0.34
subj_struct_barr_q3  47  0.57  0.57  0.49   0.43 0.191 0.40
subj_struct_barr_q4  47  0.66  0.65  0.63   0.55 0.170 0.38
subj_struct_barr_q5  47  0.66  0.67  0.62   0.55 0.149 0.36
subj_struct_barr_q6  47  0.75  0.72  0.71   0.64 0.191 0.40
subj_struct_barr_q7  47  0.69  0.70  0.69   0.59 0.149 0.36
subj_struct_barr_q8  47  0.62  0.58  0.54   0.47 0.234 0.43
subj_struct_barr_q9  47  0.58  0.65  0.58   0.53 0.021 0.15

Non missing response frequency for each item
                        0    1 miss
subj_struct_barr_q1  0.85 0.15    0
subj_struct_barr_q10 0.79 0.21    0
subj_struct_barr_q2  0.87 0.13    0
subj_struct_barr_q3  0.81 0.19    0
subj_struct_barr_q4  0.83 0.17    0
subj_struct_barr_q5  0.85 0.15    0
subj_struct_barr_q6  0.81 0.19    0
subj_struct_barr_q7  0.85 0.15    0
subj_struct_barr_q8  0.77 0.23    0
subj_struct_barr_q9  0.98 0.02    0

Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) (0-40)

n Mean sd Median IQR Min Max
45 25.17 8.97 25.56 11 5 40

Coefficient Alpha


Reliability analysis   
Call: psych::alpha(x = .)

  raw_alpha std.alpha G6(smc) average_r S/N   ase mean  sd
      0.87      0.88     0.9      0.42 7.1 0.028  2.5 0.9

 lower alpha upper     95% confidence boundaries
0.82 0.87 0.93 

 Reliability if an item is dropped:
               raw_alpha std.alpha G6(smc) average_r S/N alpha se
resilience_q1       0.86      0.86    0.89      0.42 6.4    0.031
resilience_q10      0.86      0.86    0.89      0.41 6.3    0.031
resilience_q11      0.87      0.88    0.90      0.44 7.0    0.028
resilience_q2       0.84      0.85    0.86      0.38 5.5    0.034
resilience_q3       0.86      0.86    0.88      0.41 6.3    0.031
resilience_q4       0.87      0.87    0.89      0.43 6.8    0.029
resilience_q5       0.87      0.87    0.89      0.43 6.9    0.029
resilience_q7       0.86      0.87    0.89      0.42 6.5    0.030
resilience_q8       0.85      0.85    0.88      0.40 5.9    0.034
resilience_q9       0.87      0.87    0.89      0.43 6.8    0.029

 Item statistics 
                n raw.r std.r r.cor r.drop mean  sd
resilience_q1  44  0.74  0.70  0.65   0.62  2.4 1.3
resilience_q10 41  0.70  0.71  0.67   0.61  3.0 1.1
resilience_q11 41  0.63  0.58  0.51   0.46  2.5 1.2
resilience_q2  42  0.87  0.88  0.91   0.83  2.8 1.1
resilience_q3  43  0.72  0.72  0.72   0.62  2.9 1.1
resilience_q4  42  0.64  0.62  0.56   0.52  2.0 1.4
resilience_q5  43  0.60  0.61  0.55   0.50  2.7 1.1
resilience_q7  42  0.69  0.67  0.63   0.57  2.9 1.1
resilience_q8  42  0.81  0.80  0.80   0.75  2.5 1.3
resilience_q9  42  0.64  0.61  0.56   0.52  2.1 1.4

Non missing response frequency for each item
                  0    1    2    3    4 miss
resilience_q1  0.09 0.14 0.36 0.11 0.30 0.06
resilience_q10 0.02 0.07 0.27 0.15 0.49 0.13
resilience_q11 0.07 0.12 0.32 0.24 0.24 0.13
resilience_q2  0.02 0.10 0.29 0.26 0.33 0.11
resilience_q3  0.05 0.07 0.16 0.42 0.30 0.09
resilience_q4  0.17 0.26 0.21 0.12 0.24 0.11
resilience_q5  0.02 0.16 0.19 0.35 0.28 0.09
resilience_q7  0.02 0.10 0.19 0.31 0.38 0.11
resilience_q8  0.10 0.12 0.26 0.24 0.29 0.11
resilience_q9  0.21 0.07 0.31 0.19 0.21 0.11

Long-Acting ART Interest

How likely would you be to try this new method if you were required to come to the clinic.

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Response                       1. once every week   2. once every two weeks?   3. once every month?   4. once every two months?   Total
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Definitely would not try it                    1                          0                      0                           0       1 
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Definitely would try it                        2                          3                      3                           3      11 
                                              40%                        60%                    60%                         60%        
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Probably would not try it                      1                          1                      1                           1       4 
                                              20%                        20%                    20%                         20%        
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Probably would try it                          1                          1                      1                           1       4 
                                              20%                        20%                    20%                         20%        
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Total                                          5                          5                      5                           5      20 
                                              25%                        25%                    25%                         25%        
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How likely would you be to try this new method if you were required to inject yourself

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Response                       1. once every week   2. once every two weeks?   3. once every month?   4. once every two months?   Total
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Definitely would not try it                    2                          1                      1                           1       5 
                                              40%                        20%                    20%                         20%        
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Definitely would try it                        0                          1                      1                           2       4 
                                               0%                        20%                    20%                         40%        
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Probably would not try it                      0                          1                      0                           0       1 
                                               0%                        20%                     0%                          0%        
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Probably would try it                          3                          2                      3                           2      10 
                                              60%                        40%                    60%                         40%        
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Total                                          5                          5                      5                           5      20 
                                              25%                        25%                    25%                         25%        
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Do you have any other thoughts or concerns about this new way of taking your medications that you would like to share with us?

interest_q5 n Percent
No 5 83.3
Yes 1 16.7
interest_q5_notes
I don’t like needles but I think it’s a faster way.

Viral Load (log10 transformed) at Screening (Enrolled Participants Only)

n Mean sd Median IQR Min Max
47 4.53 0.76 4.67 1.14 3.2 6.3

CD4

n Mean sd Median IQR Min Max
43 437 366 366 591 2 1522